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'P. californica Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray' peony References
Book (Apr 1907) Page(s) 45. 402. CALIFORNICA, (TYPE SPECIES) (1) 1890, Garden & Forest, Vol. 3, p. 356. (2) 1902. Gartenflora, Vol. 51, p. 217.
Book (1840) Page(s) 41. P. Californica (Nutt.! mss.): “carpels 3, glabrous; leaves smooth on both sides (not glaucous), ternate; leaflets broadly cuneate, nearly twice 3-cleft; laciniæ oblong-lanceolate, acute. “Margins of bushy plains, and in the valleys of the mountains, in the vicinity St. Barbara, Upper California. March-April.—Differs from the preceding in the smaller, less divided and broader leaves, which are deep green on both sides; and the leaflets bifid or trifid, never pinnatifid. Sepals never expanding, one, and sometimes two of the outer ones ending in a small trifid leaf. Petals small, scarcely exceeding the length of the calyx, deep blood-red. Seeds large, light brown, cylindrical-ovoid.” Nutt.
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