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|accepted_name=Paeonia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 530. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 235. 1754 ,
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|common_names=Peony
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Paeoniaceae;Paeonia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Paeoniaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Paeonia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek Paeon, physician to the gods, who supposedly used the plant medicinally
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>20–75[–200+] cm, usually rhizomatous and/or roots notably fleshy or thickened. <b>Leaves</b> (excluding clasping, scalelike structures proximal to leaves proper) mostly 5–12 per shoot. <b>Inflorescences</b>: flowers nodding [erect], sometimes surpassed by foliage or individual flower overtopped by ± leaflike bract. <b>Flowers</b> often fragrant, showy; sepals usually persistent, usually green or purplish; petals dark red to purplish, almost black, or maroon to bronze [pink, red, white, yellow], usually with contrasting margins. <b>Follicles</b> usually ± leathery. <b>Seeds</b> relatively large. <b>x</b> = 5.</span><!--

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|distribution=w United States;nw Mexico;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 30 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Peonies have been cultivated for centuries for horticultural and medicinal uses. Hundreds of “single” and “double” cultivars are available in the horticultural trade. Cultivars of <i>Paeonia</i> lactiflora Pallas (petals mostly white to pink), P. officinalis Linnaeus (follicles tomentose), and P. suffruticosa Andrews (plants ± shrubby) may be found in the flora area as escapes from cultivation.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=stern1946a
|text=Stern, F. C. 1946. A Study of the Genus Paeonia. London.
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|Plants 20-40 cm; leaves usually 5-8 per shoot, bases of primary divisions notably narrowed (stalklike), ultimate divisions mostly elliptic to obovate, apices usually obtuse to rounded, surfaces usually ± glaucous; petals orbiculate, usually shorter than inner sepals.
|[[Paeonia brownii|Paeonia brownii]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Plants 35-75 cm; leaves usually 7-12 per shoot, bases of primary divisions not notably narrowed (not stalklike), ultimate divisions linear to spatulate, apices usually acute, surfaces not notably glaucous; petals elliptic, usually longer than inner sepals.
|[[Paeonia californica|Paeonia californica]]
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name=Paeonia
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Paeoniaceae
|distribution=w United States;nw Mexico;Eurasia.
|reference=stern1946a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;
|special status=
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|genus=Paeonia
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