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Common peony

Paeonia officinalis

57Records since 2000
MayPeak month
10Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr6
May19
Jun10
Jul12
Aug4
Sep1
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland19
2Norfolk England2
3Oxfordshire England2
4North Yorkshire England2
5Gwynedd Wales2
6Telford and Wrekin England2
7Dudley England2
8Worcestershire England1
9Nottinghamshire England1
10West Lothian Scotland1
34 England21 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 10 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
57
Peak month
May
Counties with records
10
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Paeonia officinalis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
680
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Saxifragales
Family
Paeoniaceae
Genus
Paeonia
Name with authority
Paeonia officinalis L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159738 · GBIF 3083488