Paeoniaceae

Wild peony

Paeonia mascula (L.) Mill.

Family: Paeoniaceae
Genus: Paeonia

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Wild peony (Paeonia mascula) — FlowerPhoto: Riccardo Rocca, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (23)

arz: الفاوانيا البريه
Bulgarian: Розов божур
Chinese: 地中海芍药, 南欧芍药
Croatian: Planinski božur
Czech: Pivoňka korálová
Danish: Storbladet Pæon
English: Wild peony
Finnish: Munkinpioni
French: Pivoine coralline, Pivoine mâle
German: Korallen-Pfingstrose, Großblättrige Pfingstrose, Korallenpfingstrose
Hebrew: אדמונית החורש
hsb: Koralowa swjatkownička
Indonesian: Koral
Italian: Peonia mascula
kab: Taṛemmant n yiddawen
Macedonian: Божур
Polish: Piwonia koralowa
Slovak: Pivonka červená
Slovenian: Velelistna potonika
Swedish: Korallpion
Vietnamese: Thược dược Balkan
Welsh: Rhosyn-y-mynydd gwyllt
zza: Gulınge

Synonyms

Paeonia officinalis var. mascula L.

Flowers

In flower: April to May (from 167 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Riccardo Rocca, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Gianluca Congi🪶🦆🌲, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: A. Barra, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: elias ziade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Pancrat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Setreset, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Setreset, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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). About our plant data.