芍药（Paeonia lactiflora）

芍药，别名别离草、花中宰相，属五桠果目，芍药科芍药属芍药组多年生草本。喜光照，耐旱。芍药植株在一年当中，随着气候节律的变化而产生的阶段性发育变化主要表现为生长期和休眠期的交替变化。园艺品种花色丰富，有白、粉、红、紫、黄、绿、黑和复色等。果实呈纺锤形，种子呈圆形、长圆形或尖圆形。芍药被人们誉为“花仙”和“花相”，且被列为“十大名花”之一，又被称为“五月花神”，因自古就作为爱情之花，现已被尊为七夕节的代表花卉。

Peony,alias grass flowers parting, prime minister, five genera Dillenia, peony peonygroup & Paeoniaceae perennial herb. Hi light, peony plant droughttolerance. In a year, mainly of developmental changes produced with climatechange rhythm for growing and dormant period of alternating changes.Horticultural varieties the rich color, white, pink, red, purple, yellow,green, black and color. The fruit is spindle shaped, seeds were round, oblongor pointed round. Peony is praised as "the fairy" and"flower", and was listed as one of the "top ten", alsoknown May "flora", since ancient times, because as the flower oflove, on behalf of the flower has been regarded as the Qixi Festival.