? Paeonia lactiflora
A double-flowered cultivar of Paeonia lactiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Saxifragales Family: Paeoniaceae Genus: Paeonia Species: P. lactiflora
Binomial name
Paeonia lactiflora Pall.

Paeonia lactiflora (Chinese Peony) is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Paeoniaceae, native to central and eastern Asia from eastern Tibet across northern China to eastern Siberia. It is about 60-100 cm tall with large compound leaves 20-40 cm long. The flower buds are large and round, opening into large flowers 8-16 cm diameter, with 5-10 white, pink, or crimson petals and yellow stamens. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families See text The Saxifragales are an order of dicotyledons, typically including the following families: Family Saxifragaceae (saxifrage family) Family Grossulariaceae (gooseberry family) Family Iteaceae Family Pterostemonaceae Family Haloragidaceae Family Gunneraceae (gunnera family) Family Penthoraceae Family Tetracarpaeaceae Family Aphanopetalaceae Family Crassulaceae (orpine family) Family Altingiaceae (sweet gum family) Family Paeoniaceae... Species See text The Peony, Paeonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Paeoniaceae. ... Species See text The peony (Paeonia) is the sole genus in the flowering plant family Paeoniaceae. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Peter Simon Pallas (September 22, 1741 - September 8, 1811) was a German-born Russian zoologist. ... This article is about the plants used in cooking and medicine. ... A Red Valerian, a perennial plant. ... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Species See text The Peony, Paeonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Paeoniaceae. ... Asia is the largest and most populous of the Earths continents. ... Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西藏, pinyin: XÄ«zàng or 藏区 ZàngqÅ« [the two names are used with different connotations; see Names section below]) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. ... Siberia Siberia (Russian: , common English transliterations: Sibir’, Sibir; from the Tatar for “sleeping land”) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. ... California Poppies in flower Flower (Latin flos, floris; French fleur), a term popularly used for the bloom or blossom of a plant, is the reproductive structure of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ... Stamens of the Amaryllis with prominent anthers carrying pollen. ...

It is used a medicinal herb in Chinese medicine. The root is used to reduce fever and pain, and on wounds to stop bleeding and prevent infection. An anti-spasm effect is also recorded in the the Japanese pharmacopoeia. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) also known simply as Chinese medicine (Chinese: 中醫學 or 中药学, zhōngy o xŭe) or traditional Oriental medicine, is the name commonly given to a range of traditional medical practices originating in China thousands of years ago. ... An analgesic (colloquially known as painkiller) is any member of the diverse group of drugs used to relieve pain and to achieve analgesia. ... An antiseptic (Greek αντι, against, and σηπτικος, putrefactive) is a substance that prevents the growth and reproduction of various microorganisms (such as bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses) on the external surfaces of the body. ...

It is also widely grown as an ornamental plant in gardens, with several hundred selected cultivars; many of the cultivars have double flowers, with the stamens modified into additional petals. An ornamental is a plant variety that is grown for its beauty (in its end use), rather than commercial or other value. ... This Osteospermum Pink Whirls is a successful cultivar. ...

References

• From the Japanese wikipedia