Section 2D. Corallinae
	Roots carrot-shaped. Lower leaves biternate; leaflets/leaf segments usually numbering 9 or more but fewer than 21 (up to 32 in P. broteri and 95 in P. clusii); leaves always glabrous above. Flowers always solitary and terminal; sepals mostly rounded at the apex. Both diploid and tetraploid with 2n=10 and 2n=20.
	Included species (9)
		Paeonia algeriensis
		Paeonia broteri
		Paeonia cambessedesii
		Paeonia clusii
		Paeonia coriacea
		Paeonia corsica
		Paeonia daurica
		Paeonia kesrouanensis
		Paeonia mascula
	Distribution: S Europe, NW Africa and W Asia (From the western Mediterranean to Iran).