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Paeonia L.
Peony
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Dilleniidae | |
| Order | Dilleniales | |
| Family | Paeoniaceae | |
| Genus | Paeonia | Honors Paeon, the physician of the gods in Homer’s Iliad who used the plant to heal the wound that Hercules inflicted on Pluto |
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Paeonia description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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Peony (Paeonia) · 6/11/2008 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts
≈ 17 × 11" (42 × 28 cm)  Species not yet identified 
Peony (Paeonia) · 6/11/2008 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts
≈ 7 × 4½" (16 × 11 cm) Species not yet identified
Peony (Paeonia) · 6/4/2013 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts
≈ 9 × 7" (23 × 16 cm) Species not yet identified
Peony (Paeonia) · 6/11/2008 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts
≈ 11 × 8" (28 × 19 cm) Species not yet identified
Peony (Paeonia) · 6/5/2007 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts
≈ 4½ × 3" (11 × 7.9 cm) Species not yet identified
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