| Family | PAEONIACEAE |
| Genus species | Paeonia anomala L. |
| Bibliography | Mant. Pl. 2: 247 (1771) |
| Native Range | ne. European Russia to Mongolia and China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Altitude | 1200-3900m |
| Description | leaves biternate, leaflets pinnatisect, ultimate segments narrowly oblong, to 9cm long, adaxially dark green, abaxially grey, flowers 7-9cm across, petals sinuate |
| Size | 20-40cm |
| Color | crimson |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | fresh seed, germ. 3-12 months, 13-16°C careful division in early spring |
| Synonyms | Paeonia altaica K.M.Dai & T.H.Ying Paeonia anomala var. angustifolia Krasnob. Paeonia anomala var. insignis Lynch Paeonia anomala var. nudicarpa Huth Paeonia quinquecapsularis Pall. Paeonia sibirica Pall. Paeonia sinjiangensis K.Y.Pan Paeonia veitchii ssp. altaica (K.M.Dai & T.H.Ying) Halda |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |