Paeonia caucasica is a peony

Peony

Peony or paeony is a name for plants in the genus Paeonia, the only genus in the flowering plant family Paeoniaceae. They are native to Asia, southern Europe and western North America...

 native to the Caucasus

Caucasus

The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...

. Its preferred habitats are meadows and clearings in the mountain forests, from foothills to subalpine zones. It is a taproot

Taproot

A taproot is an enlarged, somewhat straight to tapering plant root that grows vertically downward. It forms a center from which other roots sprout laterally.Plants with taproots are difficult to transplant...

ed plant with thick horizontal rhizome

Rhizome

In botany and dendrology, a rhizome is a characteristically horizontal stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes...

and leafy stems of heights ranging from 70-100 cm. Leaves are biternate, with lobes elongate-ovate or elongate-elliptical with greyish wax and short sparse hairs beneath. Flowers are large, single, and 8-10 cm in diameter; they are often bright crimson, sometimes pink.