Paeonia is the sole genus in the family Paeoniaceae. The peony - TopicsExpress



          

Paeonia is the sole genus in the family Paeoniaceae. The peony is named after Paeon (also Paean) who, according to Greek mythology, was a student of Asclepius, god of medicine and healing. Apollo’s mother instructed Paeon to obtain a magical root growing on Mount Olympus to soothe the pain of women in childbirth. When Asclepius became jealous and threatened to kill Paeon, Zeus saved him by turning him into the peony flower. - from an article by Nan Vance, a plant physiologist. I didnt know about paeon... but now i do. this life can be so magical and so strange.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 00:22:48 +0000

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