Paeonia...

... peregrina In , are mostly found in Zău de Câmpie, Paeonia tenuifolia is a hairless a blooming for a short period, herbaceous perennial with a stem usually between April and May. that is 30–60 cm high, which are Their flowers possess a deep densely set with alternately crimson colour, and a rounded or arranged compound . The even blunt top. The is a lowest leaves are twice very fragile , this being the compounded and the leaflets are h main cause for its widespread deeply divided into many fine extinction all across Europe: when linear segments, 0.5-6 mm wide, cut from its stem, the flower with a blunt to rounded tip. withers away in just minutes.

The mostly single flower per stem seems to be floating on the foliage. The flower is 6–8 cm across, cup-shaped. The are 1.5—2 cm g long, with yellow filaments, anthers and pollen. There are usually three coarse felty haired carpels, that will eventually develop into 2 cm long, dry, dehiscent fruits called follicles. f

Legend: a. petal ... tenuifolia b. pistil c. seed h d. The wild Romanian Peony — Paeonia e. sepal peregrina — is a species endemic to f. stem southeastern Romania, most notably the g. leaves Dobrogea region, which the Măcin Mountains h. flower are part of. One of its most distinguishable characteristics are the teeth-lobed leaflets. Coordinating professors: Other features include bristles along the Mihai Magda g veins on the upper surface, as well as flaming Neacșu Mariana red and cup-shaped corollas that encase a Skolka Felicia golden core.

a Worked on this project: Graphic design : Dâncă Francisc-Ioan Drawings: f Pictures: Jitaru Andreea-Maria Cîrjaliu Giulia b d Text: Penescu Beatrice Georgiana e c Penescu Beatrice Georgiana Anisia Andreea Elena Despinoiu Armand-Theodor Corbu Alexandra-Ioana Olteanu Ioana Cristina © All Rights Reserved „P.O.L.L.E.N — , Over their Life, Learning European Nature” — 2020-1-FR01-KA229-080120_4 The European Commission's support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.