Brown’s Peony
(Paeonia brownii)

inches across., with flowers below leaves.

twice pinnately with deep lobes cut into leaflets. Covered with waxy glaucus coat.

ground, hidden by leaves. Each flower has an outer ring of five or six oval leathery sepals- green or reddish. Second ring of five to ten slightly longer petals varies from white to maroon or bronze, often rimmed with bright yellow. A multitude of yellow stamens encircle a prominent five-parted superior green ovary.

Sagebrush prairies into mountains. Central Washington.