P. veitchii (Lynch, 1909)[Lynch, R. I., Gard. Chron., n.ser. 46, 1909, p.2, fig. 1] |
| First Description: | P. veitchii (Lynch, 1909) |
| Synonyms: | P. veitchii var. beresowskii (Schipczinsky, 1921) P. veitchii var. purpurea (Schipczinsky, 1921) P. woodwardii (Stapf, 1930) P. veitchii var. woodwardii (Stern, 1943) P. veitchii var. uniflora (Pan, K. Y., 1979) P. veitchii var. leiocarpa (Wang, W. T. & Wang, S. H., 1979) P. anomala subsp. veitchii (Hong, D. Y. & Pan, K. Y., 2001) |
P. veitchii (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: | 25-59cm (rarely up to 70cm) | |
| Roots: | tap roots up to 60cm long, thickened, carrot-shaped, attenuate downwards, up to 2cm in diameter, lateral roots if present, also carrot-shaped, neither tuberous, nor fusiform | |
| others: | stems single or 2-3-cespitose, simple | |
| Leaves: | # segmentation: | 9 leaflets and 70-100 segments |
| others: | lower leaves biternate, with leaflets 9 and segments 70-100 in number; leaflets often decurrent, finaly segmented; segments 1.5-10cm long, 0.3-2cm wide, with bristles along veins above, glabrous beneath |
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| Flowers: | Season: | late April to early June |
| # flowers/stem: | 2-4 (less seldom solitary with 1-2 undeveloped flower buds) | |
| Bracts: | involucrate bracts 1-3, leaf-like | |
| Sepals: | 3-5 in number, mostly caudate at apex, rarely one or occasionally two non-caudate, glabrous, very rarely hispidulous on abaxial surface | |
| Petals: | 6-9 in number, obovate, entire or incised at apex, 4-5cm long, 3-4cm wide | |
| Flower Colour: | rose, pale red, less frequently white | |
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| Anthers: | ||
| Disk: | waved, ca. 1.5mm high | |
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| Fruit: | Season: | August and September |
| # of Carpells: | 3 or 2 (rarely 4 or 1) | |
| Carpell: | densely tomentose, rarely sparsely hairy or glabrous | |
| Style / Stigma: | styles absent or less than 0.5mm long stigmas red, 2mm wide |
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| Follicles / Ovary / Ovules: | follicles columnar, 1.5-3cm long, 1-1.2cm wide ovules 12-16 in number per carpel |
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| Seeds: | ovoid or ovoid-spherical, black, 6-7mm long, 4-5mm wide | |
| Habitat: | Location: | relatively moist places: forests, edges of forests, rarely in bushes or meadows; from 1800-3870m altitude |
| Soil: | a few collections recorded from the localities with limestones, granites and sandstones as the medium | |
| Geogr. Distr.: | widely distributed in China: SE & C Gansu, E Qinghai, S Ningxia, Shaanxi (Qinling Range), Shanxi, W Sichuan, Tibet (eastern extreme) and NE Yunnan | |
| Countries: | China | |
| Common Names: | Veitch's peony |
P. veitchii (entire plant) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
P. veitchii (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. veitchii (Flower) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
P. veitchii (Fruit / Seeds) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |