Rock's Peony
Rock-Pfingstrose
Paeonia rockii
Botanischer Garten der Unversität Wien
Paeonia rockii was named after Joseph Rock (1884 – 1962), "an Austrian-American botanist, explorer, geographer, linguist, ethnographer and photographer" whose interesting biography you can read more about in the cited Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Rock
Paeonia rockii "is native to the mountains of Gansu and adjoining provinces in China. In Chinese, it is known as 紫斑牡丹", which means "purple patch peony". On the inside of the otherwise white petals you can see purple patches below. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paeonia_rockii zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%AB%E6%96%91%E7%89%A1%E4%B8%B9
Rock's Peony
Rock-Pfingstrose
Paeonia rockii
Botanischer Garten der Unversität Wien
Paeonia rockii was named after Joseph Rock (1884 – 1962), "an Austrian-American botanist, explorer, geographer, linguist, ethnographer and photographer" whose interesting biography you can read more about in the cited Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Rock
Paeonia rockii "is native to the mountains of Gansu and adjoining provinces in China. In Chinese, it is known as 紫斑牡丹", which means "purple patch peony". On the inside of the otherwise white petals you can see purple patches below. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paeonia_rockii zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%AB%E6%96%91%E7%89%A1%E4%B8%B9