(Japanese tree peony - Reddish-Purple Flowering group) Shishigashira is the same variety though the name is different. The colour of this flower is slightly on the purple side as in Enosugata. mentioned later. Inner petals are asymmetrical. Large size. Midseason. Large broad leaflets. Vigorous.

origin:

Introduced from Shizuoka to Daikon-jima Island in Shimane during 1680s.

Ariga (1993)

SHISHI-GASHIRA (Löwenkopf) Auch LÖWENTANZ VON ECHIGO genannt, hell purpurgefärbtes Rosa. Große Blüte in zehntausendfacher Blüte. Spätblühend. Die Löwenmähne wird gebildet.

Carsten Burkhardt's Web Project Paeonia - The Peony Database

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