Łódź, Botanical Garden

It is native to the Crimea Peninsula and the Caucasus Mountains in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Dagestan, where it grows on rocky slopes in oak, hornbeam, or beech forests. Ornamental plant. Herbal plant - a tea made from the dried crushed petals of various peony species has been used as a cough remedy, and as a treatment for haemorrhoids and varicose veins. Usable plant - a red dye is obtained from the flowers which has been used to dye cloth and paper; a fatty oil could be obtained from the seeds.