Book  (2010)  Page(s) 215.  
 
The identity of Paeonia peregrina Mill. had been problematic for a century and a half since its description as new. Miller (1768) described this taxon rather clearly as "foliis difformiter lobatis, lobis incises", "with a deep red flower" and "growing naturally in the Levant (ca. 15 km N of Istanbul)". However, later authors failed to follow Miller's description. Sims (1807) followed the locality of P. peregrina, the Levant, but not the characters, and his "P. peregrina" is actually a new species, described as P. arietina by Anderson (1818).

Book  (2010)  Page(s) 221.  
 
Paeonia arietina G. Anderson....
Paeonia arietina G. Anderson var. andersonii G. Anderson, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 12(1): 275 (1818).
Paeonia bakeri Lynch, J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 12: 441 (1890). TYPE: Lynch's figure cited (lectotype here designated!)
Paeonia cretica Sabine ex Lindl., Bot. Reg. 10: tab. 819 (1824). TYPE: Lindley's tab. cited (holotype!)
Paeonia pallens Sims ex Boiss., Fl. orient. 1:07 (1867), (pro P. pullens; pro syn. sub P. peregrina Mill.)
Paeonia peregrina auct. non Mill.: Sims, Bot. Mag., 26: tab 1050 (1807), pro parte excl. syn.; Boissier, Fl. orient. 1:97 (1867), pro parte, excl. var. ....

Book  (2005)  Page(s) Vol. I, p. 553.  Includes photo(s).
 
Paeoniaceae (Şakayıkgiller), Paeonia mascula ssp. arietina (Koçsu şakayık; Ayıgülü), Peony. 5 petals. Northern and central-eastTurkey. Forests, woodlands, rocky areas. 1000-2000 m. June-July. Perennial herb.

Book  (Jan 1999)  Page(s) 632.  
 
Paeonia bakeri rounded purple-red petals and bright golden anthers

Book  (Jan 1999)  Page(s) 34.  
 
Paeonia mascula subsp. arietina was formerly thought to be a separate species, P. arietina... Arietina means ram-like... It describes the plant's fruit, shaped like a ram's horn. Single, dark red (sometimes pink) petals surround bosses of creamy-yellow anthers on red filaments...

Book  (1917)  Page(s) 225.  
 
Arietina (ram's horn fruited). Levant and Crete. It is a very early bloomer. Index Kewensis regards this as a form of peregrina. Flowers dark red; each leaf is divided into segments, each from one to two inches wide.

Website/Catalog  (Aug 1910)  Page(s) 14.  
 
Pivoines herbacées...Variétés nouvelles...Bakeri; feuillage vert bronzé, folioles allongées, fleurs moyennes, carmin violacé clair bordé mauve, filets noirs, carpelles velus, floraison au commencement de mai ...75 cents

[no longer listed in the 1928 catalogue]

Book  (Apr 1907)  Page(s) 23.  
 
132. ANDERSON. P. paradoxa
(1) Cornell Plot No. 1179.

133. ANDERSONII P. arietina
(1) 1872, Hardy Flowers, by Robinson p. 192.
(2) 1886, The Qarden, Vol. 29, p. 606.
(3) 1899, Peter Barr Cat.
(4) Cornell Plot No. 1630.
(5) 1900, Cyc Am. Hort, p. 1191.


 

Book  (Apr 1907)  Page(s) 27.  
 
182. ARIETINA, PAEONIA (TYPE SPECIES) ....
(1) 1837, Hovey Mag. Vol. 3 p 188.
(2) 1886, The Garden Vol. 29, p. 606.
(3) 1889, The Garden, Vol. 36, p. 9.
(4) 1894, The Garden Vol. 46, p. 104.
(5) 1899, Peter Barr Cat.
(6) Cornell Plot No. 67.
 

Book  (Apr 1907)  Page(s) 59.  
 
578. CRETICA, P. arietina
(1) 1824, **Botanical Register, Vol. 10, No. 819.
(2) 1899, Peter Barr & Son, Cat.
(3) 1900. Cyc. Am. Hort. p. 1191.