accepted name (2005):
Paeonia peregrina Miller
Retzius (1816):
Curtis' Botanical Magazine, 1816, t1784
Lynch (1890)
- LynchRI, 1890, A new classification of the Genus Paeonia, Journ Royal Horticultural Society vol. 12, pp.428-445 fig. 24-32 .
Sub-genus Paeon.
Herbaceous. Petals not leathery, large and expanding, much exceeding the sepals.
B. Leaflets normally quite entire, rarely divided, but sometimes deeply to the base; never decurrent or confluent, except sometimes the lateral leaflets of a terminal trio
** Carpels hairy.
++ Leaves decidedly hairy below.
14. P. officinalis, Retz., Bot. Mag., 1.1784.—
As above. The common species in gardens; single and double species vary from white to red. Southern half of Europe.
Huth (1891)
Ernst Huth: [Monographie der Gattung Paeonia] 1891 :
P.peregrina Miller, dict. ed. VIII. n. 3. (1768) rhizomatis tuberibus oblongis stipitatis, caule simplici, 30—60 cm alto, unifloro, f. subtus pubescentibus interdum sparsissime puberulis, inf. biternatis, fff. mediis semi-trilobatis saepius in stipitem decurrentibus, laciniis oblongis vel ovalibus ca. 10 mm vel amplius latis margine integris, petalis suboctonis purpureis rarius albidis vel flavescentibus, staminibus flavis, carpellis 2—3 rectiusculis vel patentibus albo-tomentosis vel glabrescentibus, seminibus magnis ovalibus coeruleo-atris nitentibus.FIoret Majo.
Synonyma: (...) Diosc. P. foemina Fuchs (1542), Lobel, Matthiol.; P. vulgaris Tragus (1546), P. foemina altera Dodon. (1616), P. foemina vulgatior J.Bauh., P. communis vel foemina C. Bauh., Tournef., P. officinalis a foemina L., sp. ed. I (1753), P. officinalis Retz (1783), P. rosea Host, P. lobata Rchb., P. pubens Rchb. (nec Sims), P. festiva Tausch, P. nemoralis Salisb., P. mascula Mill, P. arietina Anders.
