Paeonia obovata

Paeonia obovata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Paeoniaceae
Genus: Paeonia
Species:
P. obovata
Binomial name
Paeonia obovata
Subspecies
  • P. obovata ssp. obovata = P. obovata var. alba, var. amurensis, var. glabra, var. typica; P. japonica, P. obovata ssp. japonica, var. japonica, P. japonica var. pilosa; P. oreogeton, P. obovata forma oreogeton; P. vernalis
  • P. obovata ssp. willmottiae, = P. willmottiae, P. obovata var. willmottiae

Paeonia obovata is a perennial herbaceous species of peony growing 30–70 cm high. It has white, pink or purple-red flowers and its lower leaves consist of no more than nine leaflets or segments. In English it is sometimes called woodland peony. It grows naturally in warm-temperate to cold China, including Manchuria, and in Korea, Japan, Far Eastern Russia (Primorsky Krai) and on Sakhalin.

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