Taxon: Paeonia brownii Douglas

• authorship verified from original literature
• both the name and its validating diagnosis were simultaneously ascribed to Douglas, so he is the author of the name (see Vienna ICBN Art. 46, Ex. 14)

See also subordinate taxa:

• Paeonia brownii subsp. brownii (no accessions)
• Paeonia brownii subsp. californica (no accessions)

Common names:

• western peony   (Source: Websters Dict )
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming [n.w.]
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California [n.], Nevada [n.], Utah [Box Elder Co.]

References:

• Douglas, G. W. et al., eds. 1994. The vascular plants of British Colombia. (F BritCol) [mentions].
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)
• Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. (F Pacif NW)
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2)
• Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Paeonia brownii.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Paeonia brownii. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• Paeonia californica Nutt. [≡ Paeonia brownii subsp. californica]
  

Check other databases for Paeonia brownii Douglas:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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