Chinese herbaceous peony

Paeonia lactiflora is a perennial herb, about 1 meter high. It has spindle-shaped tuberous roots and produces new buds in underground stems, which are pulled out of the ground in early spring. The first leaves are red, and there are often scaly deformed leaves at the base of the stem. The middle leaves are compound twice and three times, and the leaflets are rectangular or lanceolate, and the branches are getting smaller or simple. The flowers are large and beautiful, fragrant, with solitary branches; Petals are white, pink, red, purple or red, and the flowering period is 5-8 months.
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