Section 1A. Delavayanae
	Shrubs up to 3.5 m tall. Flowers 2-4 in a cyme. Disk fleshy, dentate, annular, enveloping only the base of the carpels; carpels 1-5 in number.
	Included species (2):
		Paeonia ludlowii
		Paeonia delavayi
	Distribution: endemic to SW China: SE Tibet, W Sichuan and Yunnan.