Kochō-no-mai (rusticana)

Kyōto Engei Kurabu, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.8, 1967, p.17: Clear, dark red peony form, medium size, 6-8 cm across. Outer petals, 12-16, inner, 12-15, confused, petaloids 16-20. Stamens about 100. Leaves obovate, shiny, mid-green, apex acumi­nate, margins deeply serrulate. Petioles hirsute. See: Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, pp.56, 214. Same characters as the Minagawa cultivar above. Originated in Tochio City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Kaoru Hagiya in 1966.