accepted name (2005):
P. peregrina
Huth 1891
- P. decora Anders., Monogr. p. 273. (1817) rhizomatis tuberibus oblongis, caulo glabro bipedali unifloro, f. subtus glabriusculis vel puberulis, biternatis, fff. medio profunde tripartito segmentis margine crenato-incisis, petalis suboctonis saturate purpureis, carpellis 2—3 albido-pubescentibus, suberectis demum patentibus, seminibus atropurpureis nitentibus.Floret Majo.
Synonyma: P. byzantina Clus. (1601; ex icone et loco!), P. romanica Brandza.
A.P. Saunders: PEONY SPECIES (Other than albiflora and moutan) in: Peonies, The Manual of the American Peony Society, edited by James Boyd © 1928 American Peony Society:
P. peregrina. South Europe. (Bot. Mag., Vol. 26, PI. 1050.) "Not distinct from P. officinalis as a species in any broad sense. I do not know how to distinguish it from P. pubens or P. banatica"—Baker. Flowers bright crimson. Varieties:
Blushing Maid
Brilliant
Byzantina
compacta
Daniel Dewar
Exquisite
Grevillei rosea
Grevillei rubra
Ruby Queen
Seraph
Stearn & Davis 1984
- P. peregrina Plate 3; Figs 12, 13,21,25
- Paeonia byzantina Clusius, Rar. Pl. Hist. 279, fig. (1601).
