P. cambessedesii (Willkomm, 1880)[Willkomm, H. M.., Prodromus Florae Hispanicae, vol. 3, 1880, p. 974-976] |
| First Description: | P. corallina var. fructibus glabris (Cambessèdes, 1827) |
| Synonyms: | P. corallina var. fructibus glabris (Cambessèdes, 1827) P. corallina (Amo y Mora, 1873) P. corallina var. cambessedesii (Willkomm, 1875) P. corallina f. leiocarpa (Knoche, 1921) P. corallina f. leiocarpa (Bolòs & Vigo, 1974) P. corsica (Halda, 2004) |
P. cambessedesii (Flower) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
| Plant: | Ploidy: | 2n=10 |
| Growth Type: | herbaceous / perennial | |
| Height: | 30-50cm | |
| Roots: | caudex (rhizome) occasionally elongated, forming rhizomes up to 15cm long; roots carrot-shaped | |
| others: | stems glabrous throughout; modestly purple, less frequently green | |
| Leaves: | # segmentation: | 9, rarely 8 or 7 |
| others: | lower leaves biternate; leaflets 9, rarely 8 or 7, never segmented, ovate, oblong, or ovate-lanceolate, 6-11cm long, 3-6cm wide, mostly purple beneath |
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| Flowers: | Season: | October to April |
| # flowers/stem: | solitary, terminal | |
| Bracts: | involucrate bracts mostly 2 | |
| Sepals: | usually 3, less frequently 2 or 4, rounded but sometimes one of them acute or caudate at the apex, purple | |
| Petals: | 5-8 | |
| Flower Colour: | pink | |
| Filaments: | purple | |
| Anthers: | yellow | |
| Disk: | waved, 1mm high | |
| others: | ||
| Fruit: | Season: | August and September |
| # of Carpells: | 3-8, but mostly 4-6 | |
| Carpell: | ||
| Style / Stigma: | styles 1-2mm long stigmas 1-1.5mm wide |
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| Follicles / Ovary / Ovules: | follicles ellipsoid-columnar, 3-4cm long, 1-1.8cm wide | |
| Seeds: | spherical, black, ca. 5mm in diameter | |
| Habitat: | Location: | growing in calcarious soils with shrubs or grasses below 1400m altitude |
| Soil: | calcarious soils | |
| Geogr. Distr.: | endemic to the Balearic Islands, Spain | |
| Countries: | Spain | |
| Common Names: | Majorcan peony |
P. cambessedesii (entire plant) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
P. cambessedesii (single leave from top) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
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P. cambessedesii (Flower) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |
P. cambessedesii (Fruit / Seeds) Photo: Juerg Plodeck (Basel, May 2023), © Copyright Juerg Plodeck 2023 [ click on image for full image ] |