| Paeonia cambessedesii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Paeoniaceae |
| Genus: | Paeonia |
| Species: | P. cambessedesii |
| Binomial name | |
| Paeonia cambessedesii |
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Paeonia cambessedesii is a peony native to the Balearic Islands of the Mediterranean, principally Majorca. Its preferred habitats are rocky cliffs and exposed sites. It is rare in the wild. It grows to 45cm in height and produces deep rose-red flowers on reddish stems. The leaves have pronounced purple veins. In 1979 the plant was described a vulnerable in the IUCN Plant Red Data Book, being depleted through grazing by goats and intensive land development and confined to mountains in the north-west of the island. Among other endangered plants, Barbara Everard provided a watercolour painting of it for the Observer Magazine, dated 11th March 1979, pp 46-47 in an article by reporter, Ena Kendall, 'Plants in Peril'.