Robin Hood, Scarlet and John

Plant name
Folk name	Robin Hood, Scarlet and John
Binomial name	Anemone hortensis L or Anemone pavonina Lam ("Anemone latifolia vulgaris maxima versicolor")
First recorded	1665
Used where	–

Anemone latifolia; not the variety described by John Rea / Basilius Bessler, 1620, plantillustrations.org.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-06-11. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-06-02.

In 1665, John Rea, 'florist', i.e. expert in flowering plants, noted that a common species/variety of anemone which he referred to as Anemone latifolia vulgaris maxima versicolor was "by many Gentlewomen, and other as ignorant, called Robin Hood, Scarlet and John" (see Allusions section below.) This species or variety is currently known under another Latin name; a Google search for the exact name yields only historical references. According to John H. Harvey Anemone latifolia should be identified with - Anemone hortensis L or Anemone pavonina Lam. The folk name 'Robin Hood, Scarlet and John' is obsolete.

Allusions

Lists

• N.E.D., vol. VIII, pt. I, p. 736, s.n. Robin Hood, sb., 3 a.

Background

• [Sperling, Otto, compil.]; Harvey, John H., ed. 'Hortus Christianæus seu Catalogus Plantarum Quibus Serenissimi Principis Christiani IV Viridarium Hafniense: Otto Sperlings planteliste med originale plantenavne efterfulgt af den moderne nomenklatur / Hortus Christianæus seu Catalogus Plantarum Quibus Serenissimi Principis Christiani IV Viridarium Hafniense: the plantlist of Otto Sperling with the original plant names succesded by the modern nomenclature', Fra Kvangård til Humlehule (Meddelelser fra Havehistorisk Selskab, No. 35) (Frederiksberg, 2005), pp. 20-43, p. 21
• Wikipedia: Anemone

Also see

• 1665 - Rea, John - Flora (allusion).

Notes

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