 Brown's Peony Paeonia brownii |
 California Peony, Mountain Peony, Western Peony, Woodland Star Medicinal Medicinal |
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 Found in the field behind the Pelican Theaters on flat ground, arid, alkaline soil. |
 The first nine pictures were taken in early June before the plant bolted. |
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 The stem is not from the peony - it's from another plant that grew cheek by jowl. |
 This and the next picture were taken July 2. So the middle of next June I should be able to catch these in bloom! |
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 This is October foliage. |
 All of the pods were face down in the dirt with the seeds scattered about. |
 The seeds are big red things - look just like kidney beans. Same size as kidney beans! |
 The pods look a lot like cotton bolls and are a little larger. |
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 This and the next photo were taken the first week of April |
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 This and the next eight photos were taken the first week of June |
 FINALLY, after five years of stalking this plant, I caught the flowers in bloom. |
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 Strange peonies, the flower doesn't stand upright like all the others I've seen. It nods over into the foliage and blooms with its face in the dirt. |
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= Poisonous to animal and/or
human
= Noxious or Invasive in
Oregon
= Crop weed in Oregon
= Federal Noxious weed in
Oregon