Key Identification Features
- tenuifolia, and usually has more than one flower per stem with a sweet perfume, traits inherited from P.
- Leaflet or leaf segment blades are oval to inverted egg-shaped, measuring 3-6 × 2–5 cm, with a distinctly narrowed stalk-like base and a blunt or rounded tip.
- The species also uses its distinctive unpleasant odor to increase pollinator selectivity.
- Paeonia daurica, which usually has hairless leaves, does not appear to be adapted to a typical Mediterranean climate, but instead to more humid summer conditions.
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