Species and pictures of peony flowers

There are mainly the following varieties:

1, Peony:

Deciduous shrub, 1- 1.5m high; Secondary and tertiary compound leaves, leaflets usually 3-5-lobed; White, red or purple flowers bloom in early summer, and the flowers are solitary and large; Pistil is born on fleshy disk, densely covered with fine hairs.

2. Paeonia rockii (variety):

Different from peony, there are dark purple patches at the base of petals. The leaves are bipinnately compound, and the leaflets are undivided, ranging from 2 to 4. The flowers are big and the petals are white.

Distributed in northern Sichuan, southern Gansu and southwestern Shaanxi (Taibai Mountain). Born in the hillside forest at an altitude of 1 100-2800 meters. It is cultivated in Gansu and Qinghai.

Root bark is used as medicine, called "peony bark"; It's an antispasmodic drug, which can cool blood and disperse blood stasis, and treat apoplexy and abdominal pain.

3. Peony (variety):

Different from Paeonia suffruticosa, the distal axis and leaf axis are pubescent, the terminal leaflets are broadly ovoid or suborbicular, 4-6 cm long and 3.5-4.5 cm wide, and the lobes are 3-lobed in the middle.

From Yan 'an, Shaanxi, China. In the sparse forest on the hillside.

4. Yao Huang:

The branches are upright and tall, densely distributed, with small spreading angle, and the included angle between the branches and the vertical line is mostly within 30. Internodes are long, and annual growth of new branches 10- 15cm. Generally, the height of five-year-old plants is 40-50cm and above1m.

5. Zhao Fen:

Most branches are scattered and bent to extend around, and the plant width is greater than the plant height, forming a low-spread plant shape. The angle between the branch and the vertical line is greater than 45, and the new branch is long and soft.

6. Zhuang:

The branches grow thick and upright, and extend obliquely around at the angle between the two. Plant type is perfect and regular, and the height is moderate. The annual growth of new branches is 6-8 cm, and the average plant height of five-year-olds is 30-40 cm.