Paeoniaceae
California peony
Paeonia californica
- Family
- Paeoniaceae
- Genus
- Paeonia
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- California peony
- Vietnamese
- Thược dược California
Synonyms
- Paeonia brownii subsp. californica (Nutt.) Halda
- Paeonia brownii subsp. californica (Nutt.) Abrams
- Paeonia brownii var. californica (Nutt.) Lynch
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Noah Elhardt, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: https://www.flickr.com/people/8771526@N03 Teddy Llovet, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: marlin harms, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Radulovich, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Radulovich, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.