Section 2D. Corallinae | |||||||
Roots carrot-shaped. Lower leaves biternate; leaflets/leaf segments usually numbering 9 or more but fewer than 21 (up to 32 in P. broteri and 95 in P. clusii); leaves always glabrous above. Flowers always solitary and terminal; sepals mostly rounded at the apex. Both diploid and tetraploid with 2n=10 and 2n=20. | |||||||
Included species (9) | |||||||
Paeonia algeriensis | |||||||
Paeonia broteri | |||||||
Paeonia cambessedesii | |||||||
Paeonia clusii | |||||||
Paeonia coriacea | |||||||
Paeonia corsica | |||||||
Paeonia daurica | |||||||
Paeonia kesrouanensis | |||||||
Paeonia mascula | |||||||
Distribution: S Europe, NW Africa and W Asia (From the western Mediterranean to Iran). |