And yes flowers of P. lactiflora are scented, P. officinalis not scented. Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/
On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 9:42 AM Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Interestingly we knew about P. officinalis as popular herbaceous species > for a long time, known as Common Garden paeony, and now Cottage Garden > Paeony. In fact Bailey manual describes this only not P. lactiflora, the > Chinese Paeony has become popular only recently and has overtaken P. > officinalis in most gardens, that is why most P. officinalis get marked as > lactiflora. Original P. lactiflora used in Chinese medicine had white > flowers but now all colours, single and double have been developed. Here is > how both can be differentiated: > Paeonia officinalis: Flowers mostly in may in temperate climate, edges of > leaves/segments entire, carpels as well as fruits tomentose. > P. lactiflora: Flowers mostly in June in Temperate climate, edges of > leaves/segments denticulate, carpels and fruits glabrous. > Here is my P. officinalis 'Flore Plena' from Kashmir on May 16, 2012 > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 5:08 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I did not find mention of Paeonia officinalis in the eFloras site. >> >> I found differences between Paeonia lactiflora & Paeonia suffruticosa (Tree >> Peony) >> <https://homeguides.sfgate.com/difference-between-paeonia-lactiflora-tree-peony-66485.html> >> Both these are described in Flora of China as per >> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200008041 >> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200008034 >> >> Are the herbaceous images by Aarti ji (except last one) and in efi site >> at Paeonia officinalis >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/p/paeoniaceae/paeonia/paeonia-officinalis> >> are >> of *Paeonia lactiflora ?* >> >> >> On Mon, 10 Jun 2019 at 17:25, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Singh ji. >>> Similar plants were earlier identified as Paeonia officinalis >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/p/paeoniaceae/paeonia/paeonia-officinalis> >>> (as >>> per images herein) except for the last image, which appears to be woody. >>> >>> >>> On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 at 21:25, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Yes Aarti ji >>>> >>>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>> Retired Associate Professor >>>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>>> Mob: 9810359089 >>>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 8:37 AM Aarti S. 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