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2002 California Academy of Sciences
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1998 California Academy of Sciences
CalPhotos
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1998 California Academy of Sciences
CalPhotos
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Paeonia mascula reaches its southern range in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. Locally it is very rare, endangered and protected. At the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens we have a backup population for educational reasons and in case there are problems with the very few wild populations.
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Paeonia mascula reaches its southern range in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. Locally it is very rare, endangered and protected. At the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens we have a backup population for educational reasons and in case there are problems with the very few wild populations.
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This is one of the largest, rarest and most beautiful flowers in Israel, growing only in the higher areas of the Galilee. I love zooming into the flower.
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This is one of the largest, rarest and most beautiful flowers in Israel, growing only in the higher areas of the Galilee.
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Every spring we enjoy the wonderful paeonia flowers. But forget to see the fruits, which are as interesting. The pink seeds are sterile ones, for advertising, the dark seeds are the good ones, collected and dispersed by birds.
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and a closer look.
The red seeds are only for advertisment, the fertile black seeds are eaten and dispersed by birds.
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The red seeds are only for advertisment, the fertile black seeds are eaten and dispersed by birds.
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This is a seedling on coral peony, a rare endangered beautiful flower of N Israel.
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Paeonia mascula is one of the rarest and most impressive flowers of Israel. Here u can see its bud.
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This is one of Cyprus impressive flowers. It grows also in Europe and SW Asia.
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Leaves, Linzhi, Xizang, China, 2006
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Leaves, Linzhi, Xizang, China, 2006
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Leaves, Linzhi, Xizang, China, 2006
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Leaves, Linzhi, Xizang, China, 2006
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Fruit, Linzhi, Xizang, China, 2006