Paeonia (Peony)

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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.

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 · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 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 Species not yet identified

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