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Paeonia obovata or Woodland peony

(Paeonia obovata Maxim.)

Large perennial herb up to 60 cm high. Leaves
are dull green, densely pubescent, with large
pointed oblong-ovate or obovate leaves up to 10 cm
long and 5 cm wide. The flower is actinomorphic,
usually with closed petals, from pale to dense pink,
up to 5 cm in diameter.
Distributed in the southern and middle parts of
Sakhalin Island (environs of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, in
all administrative regions except Okhinsky), on the
islands of Moneron, Kunashir, Iturup, Shikotan. In
the Russian Far East it is noted in the Primorsky
Territory, the Amur Region, the Jewish Autonomous
Region, in the south of the Khabarovsk Territory.
Outside the Russian Federation — in China, on the
Korean Peninsula, in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu,
Shikoku).

Paeonia oreogeton

(Paeonia oreogeton S. Moore)

A perennial herb with cylindrical root cones
and a twisting, slightly purple stem 60–90
cm tall. Leaves are double-compound, with
pointed elliptical leaflets, slightly leathery,
dense. Flowers are solitary, cupped, light
cream or yellowish, up to 10 cm in diameter.
Occurs on Sakhalin Islands (Poronaysky,
Uglegorsky, Makarovsky, Tomarinsky,
Dolinsky, Korsakovsky, Anivsky and Nevelsky
Districts), Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan. On the
territory of the Russian Far East, it is located on
the northeastern border of the range, it is found
in the Khabarovsk and Primorsky Regions.
Outside of the Russian Federation it grows in
China, Japan and on the Korean Peninsula

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