Paeonia delavayi var. lutea
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Common name: Delavay's tree peony
Paeonia delavayi var. lutea is a woody shrub native to China and can grow to 2 metres. It was a part of traditional Chinese medicine and is still used medicinally. The plant is named after Père Jean-Marie Delavay, a 19th-century French missionary-botanist. The ovoid fruits turn brown in August and contain 1-6 seeds.
Flower photo by Midge Oke. Leaf photo by Salicyna / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). Fruit photo by Pancrat / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)