| Woodland Peony | |
|---|---|
| Flower and foliage | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Paeoniaceae |
| Genus: | Paeonia |
| Species: | P. obovata |
| Binomial name | |
| Paeonia obovata Maxim. |
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Paeonia obovata (woodland peony) is a plant in the peony family, Paeoniaceae.
Paeonia obovata is a herbaceous plant with alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on stout stems. The flowers are pink, borne in spring.
The Ainu people used this plant, called horap or orap, as a painkiller.[1]