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Paeonia peregrina

Paeonia peregrina
Paeonia peregrina 144-8742.jpg
P. peregrina, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, vol.144
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Paeoniaceae
Genus: Paeonia
Species: P. peregrina
Binomial name
Paeonia peregrina
Mill.

Paeonia peregrina is a species of flowering plant in the peony family Paeoniaceae, native to Southeastern Europe and Turkey. It is an erect, herbaceous perennial with 9-lobed, deeply divided leaves. Single, glossy red flowers, 10–13 cm (4–5 in) in diameter, with prominent yellow stamens, are borne in spring (May in the Northern Hemisphere).

The cultivar 'Otto Froebel' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.


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