川赤芍 chuan chi shao

Paeonia veitchii Lynch, Gard. Chron, ser. 3, 46: 2. 1909; P. beresowskii Komarov; P. veitchii var. beresowskii (Komarov) Schipczinsky; P. veitchii var. leiocarpa W. T. Wang & S. H. Wang ex K. Y. Pan; P. veitchii var. uniflora K. Y. Pan; P. veitchii var. woodwardii (Stern & Cox) Stern; P. woodwardii Stern & Cox.

Flowers (1 or)2--4 per shoot, both terminal and axillary, usually 1--3 underdeveloped flower buds also present in axils of distal leaves. Fl. Apr--Jul, fr. Aug--Sep. 2n = 10*.

* Forests, forest margin grasslands, scrub, subalpine and alpine meadows with shrubs, sunny slopes; 1800--3900 m. C and S Gansu, S Ningxia (Liupan Shan), E Qinghai, S Shaanxi (Qin Ling), N Shanxi (Wutai Shan), W Sichuan, E Xizang, Yunnan.