''Paeonia daurica'' subsp. ''macrophylla'' is from the western Caucasus in Georgia, growing between 800 and 1000 m. It was formerly regarded as a separate
species
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, ''Paeonia macrophylla'', but in 2002, the Chinese botanist Hong Deyuan reduced it to a subspecies of ''
Paeonia daurica''. It grows on rocky slopes and in alpine valleys. Its leaves are a dark green and flowers are white tinged with yellow, produced in late spring or early summer.
[Peonies: The Imperial Flower by Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall ]
References
daurica subsp. macrophylla
Plant subspecies
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