新疆芍药(原亚种) xin jiang shao yao (yuan ya zhong)

Paeonia altaica K. M. Dai & T. H. Ying; P. anomala var. nudicarpa Huth; P. sinjiangensis K. Y. Pan; P. veitchii subsp. altaica (K. M. Dai & T. H. Ying) Halda.

Flowers solitary, terminal, rarely 1 or 2 underdeveloped flower buds also present in axils of distal leaves. Fl. Jun--Jul, fr. Sep. 2n = 10.

Populus or coniferous forests in valleys; 1200--1800 m. N Xinjiang [NE Kazakhstan, N Mongolia, Russia (NE European part, Siberia)].