P. anomala (Linné, 1771)[Linné, Mantissa Plantarum, vol. 2, 1771, p. 247] |
| First Description: | P. anomala (Linné, 1771) |
| Synonyms: | P. laciniata (Pallas, 1788) P. sibirica (Pallas, 1788) P. anomala var. typica (Regel, 1861) P. anomala var. insignis (Lynch, 1890) P. anomala var. nudicarpa (Huth, 1891) P. anomala var. angustifolia (Krasnoborov, 1974) P. anomala subsp. anomala (Hong, D. Y. & Pan, K. Y., 2004) |
P. anomala (Flower) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
| Plant: | Ploidy: | 2n=10 |
| Growth Type: | herbaceous / perennial | |
| Height: | ||
| Roots: | tap roots up to 1m long, thickened, carrot-shaped, attenuate downwards, up to 2cm in diameter, lateral roots also carrot-shaped, neither tuberous nor fusiform | |
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| Leaves: | # segmentation: | |
| others: | lower leaves biternate; leaflets 9, segments 70-100, 2-13cm long, 0.8-3.2cm wide, with bristles along veins above, glabrous beneath |
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| Flowers: | Season: | |
| # flowers/stem: | solitary, rarely 2, or solitary but with one additional undeveloped axillary bud on a stem | |
| Bracts: | involucrate bracts 1-3, leaf-like | |
| Sepals: | 3 to 5, mostly caudate at the apex, rarely 1 or very occasionally 2 non-caudate, hispiulous only near the top on the adaxial surface, glabrous, vary rarely hispidulous on the abaxial surface | |
| Petals: | 6-9, obovate, entire or incised at the apex, 4-5.5cm long, 3-4cm wide | |
| Flower Colour: | rose, pale red or red | |
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| Anthers: | ||
| Disk: | waved, ca. 1.5mm high | |
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| Fruit: | Season: | |
| # of Carpells: | mostly 3 to 5 | |
| Carpell: | densely tomentose, rarely sparsely hairy or glabrous | |
| Style / Stigma: | styles absent or less than 0.5mm long>br> stigmas sessile, red, 2mm wide | |
| Follicles / Ovary / Ovules: | follicles columnar, 1.5-2.8cm long, 1-1.2cm wide | |
| Seeds: | ovoid or ovoid-spherical, black, 6-7mm long, 4.5-5mm wide | |
| Habitat: | Location: | growing usually in deciduous or conifers forests in valleys, less frequently in meadows, below 2400m in altitude |
| Soil: | apparently it prefers relatively moist sites on limestones or granites | |
| Geogr. Distr.: | widely distributed from the Kola Peninsula of Russia to the Altai and Baikal: NE Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia and N Xinjiang of China | |
| Countries: | Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China | |
| Common Names: | anomalous peony |
P. anomala (entire plant) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
P. anomala (single leave from top) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
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P. anomala (Flower) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
P. anomala (Fruit / Seeds) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |