Anemone

Anemone coronaria

Family
Ranunculaceae

Related genera
Aconite, Aquilegia, Delphinium, Helleborus, Pulsatilla, Ranunculus

Name
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, Greek anemōnē means "daughter of the wind", from ánemos "wind" + feminine patronymic suffix -ōnē. But others suggest that this is a folk etymology, and that the word actually comes from a Semitic language.

Species
Anemone coronaria - Poppy Anemone
Anemone hepatica - Liverwort
Anemone nemorosa - Wood Anemone
Anemone ranunculoides - Yellow Woodland Anemone

Garden variant

Toxicity
Fresh plants contain poisonous protoanemonin, which is reduced in dried plants to nontoxic anemonin.

Sources

Wikipedia English, Wikipedia German
Plants and Flowers of Greek Myth

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