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Paeonia byzantina Clusius

Hist. 1, 281 1601

type: [herbaceous peony] – [species] – [synonym]

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

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Stearn & Davis 1984

P. peregrina Plate 3; Figs 12, 13,21,25
Paeonia byzantina Clusius, Rar. Pl. Hist. 279, fig. (1601).






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