(Japanese tree peony - Purple Flowering group) The purple colour of this flower is the same as Rinpo. Large size. Stigmas and sheath reddish purple. Late midseason. The blooms are usually distorted in shape as shown in the small photograph.

Wister (1961):

'Shun-koden' (Temple of Good Fortune) (Jap. bef. 1939)

Ariga (1993)

SHUNKOU-DEN (Palast der Frühlingsfreude) Leicht schwärzliches Dunkelpurpurrot. Zwischenfarbe zwischen Violett und Schwarz. Mittelgroße Blüte in zehntausendfacher Blüte, eher spätblühend.

Carsten Burkhardt's Web Project Paeonia - The Peony Database

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