The essential oils from Paeonia suffruticosa(PS)and Paeonia lactiflora(PL)were first analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(GC-MS)and a chemometric resolution method,namely heuristic evolving latent projection(HELP).In total,54 and 78 volatile chemical components in essential oils of PS and PL were separated and identified,accounting for 97.35%and 52.45%of total contents of the two tested samples,respectively.There are a total of 36 common compounds.The main volatile constituent is Pae...