Paeonia officinalis L. - Garden Peony


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Distribution:
Widespread but somewhat localised.

Habitat:
Waste ground, tips, streamsides, shaded banks, meadows, and in marshy ground by reservoir.

Comments:
Neophyte, native to mainland Europe; plants are established at several locations usually nearby to habitation. The earliest record trace was at a field at end of Warwick Street, Southport (SD3415, DP Earl & SP Toone, 2003).

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