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Nel cortile del nonno: Sotto la pioggia…….. Peonie

Paeonia mascula (L.) Miller

Nome volgare: Peonia maschio
Nome locale: Rosa ‘e Monte, Rosa burda
Famiglia: Paeoniaceae
Habitat: Cresce sporadica nei querceti caducifogli (Pignatti).

Paeonia mascula (L) Mill. subsp. russoi (Bivona-Bernardi)
Violet-pink flowers ~ about 10 cm across, with white or pink filaments ~ bloom in May above grey-green, biternate leaves with elliptical leaflets that are fuzzy underneath and matte on top. Long known as P. corallina var. pubescens. Sometimes treated as P. russoi, and sometimes spelled “russii;” named for the Sicilian botanist Father Joachim Russo of the Dominican monastery at Monte Cassino. Native to the Mediterranean region ~ mostly islands ~ from Spain to western Greece. Our plants are from seeds collected wild in Sardinia. Prefers part shade. Height to 35 cm.

lex aquifolium L.

Famiglia: Aquifoliaceae
Nome volgare: Agrifoglio
Nome locale: Golosti
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