Paeoniaceae
Common peony
Paeonia officinalis
- Family
- Paeoniaceae
- Genus
- Paeonia
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- بوبي, عود الريح, عود الصليب, عود فاوانيا, ورد الحمير
- Catalan
- Peònia de muntanya, Paeònia, Peonía
- Chinese
- 药用芍药, 荷兰芍药
- Czech
- Pivoňka lékařská
- English
- Common peony, Garden peony
- Finnish
- Vuoripioni
- French
- Pivoine officinale
- German
- Garten-Pfingstrose, Bauernpfingstrose, Echte Pfingstrose
- hsb
- Boblink, Piwonja, Pumpawa, Pumplróža, Wićowa róža
- Hungarian
- Piros bazsarózsa
- Italian
- Peonia selvatica
- kw
- Rosen menydh
- Lithuanian
- Pinavija
- Russian
- Пион лекарственный
- Slovenian
- Navadna potonika
- Swedish
- Bergpion
- Turkish
- Adi şakayık, Avrupa şakayığı
- Uzbek
- Sallagul
Synonyms
- Moutan officinalis (L.) Lindl. & Paxton
- Paeonia fimbriata Sabine
- Paeonia nemoralis Salisb.
- Paeonia peregrina prol. officinalis (L.) Rouy & Foucaud
- Paeonia peregrina var. officinalis (L.) Huth
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 430 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Clément Maouche, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Thierry Arbault, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bob Gutowski from Flourtown, Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pampuco, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nalagtus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nalagtus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aaron Iemma, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.