Peony
Paeonia daurica ssp. mlokosewitschii
Paeoniaceae
Other names
Molly The Witch
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Central Caucasus
Source of plant
Phedar Nursery, Polly Hill Arboretum, L.H. MacDaniels
Description
Plants to 3 1/2' tall, glabrous; leaves 2-ternate, leaflets broadly oblong to ovate or obovate, mostly 2 1/2" to 4" long, obtuse, sparsely short-hairy beneath; flowers 3" to 4 3/4" across, yellow, pistils 2 to 4, densely white-hairy; early flowering.
USDA Hardiness Zone
3
Special characteristics
foliage characteristics, fruiting characteristics