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Paeonia arietina var. Andersoni Lynch

Jour.Roy.Hort.Soc. 12,441,fig.32 1890

type: [herbaceous peony] – [species] – [synonym]

accepted name (2005):

P. arietina Anderson

1890

Lynch's original description

 

Sub-genus Paeon.

Herbaceous. Petals not leathery, large and expanding, much exceeding the sepals.

E. Leaves glaucous, or of very pale green above, generally of striking grey-green aspect; leaflets glaucous below, and very rarely without distinct pubescence, always divided, and with the lobes often fissured.

I. Flowers distinctly stalked, not apparently sessile, and resting on the upper leaves.

** Carpels hairy.

++ Terminal free divisions of the leaf three-lobed; the middle lobe rarely bifid, never trifid,

§ Leaflets about twice as long as broad.

20. P. arietina, Anders.The largest species of this section. It is well marked by decurrent leaflets, with strongly arched and even recurved carpels when mature. South of Europe.

var. Andersoni.Leaves blue glaucous green. Corolla deep rose, petals slightly crisped. Perhaps native of the Levant.

1946

Stern's refernces:

 

P.arietina Anderson in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 12, 275 (1818) ; DC. Prodr. 1, 66 (1824) ; Baker in Card. Chron,, New Ser. 22, 10 (1884) ; Lynch in Joum. Roy. Hort. Soc. 12, 440 (1890) ; Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 5, 2435 (1916) ; F. C. Stem in Jown. Roy. Hort. Soc. 68, 127 (1943).

Syn: P.arietina var. Andersoni Lynch, I.e. (1890). ...

Paeonia mascula subsp. arietina 'Andersoni' VBE (8) . Plant is found in the inventory list of year 2002, in the The National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Ireland




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