![]() One species of anemone, Anemone ranunculoides, is unusual for its yellow flowers. Color labelling inaccuracy in marketing is found in treatments of numerous other genera, especially as it concerns the color blue - although some popular garden flowers from the same family are actually blue, such as some selections from Delphinium. There are no truly blue anemones, despite the frequent use of the label "blue" in marketing to describe blue-violet flowers (flowers that are more violet than blue). Certain species, such as Anemone coronaria, are typically only available in hybrid form while others, such as Anemonoides blanda are nearly always sold in straight species form.Ĭultivated anemones are nearly always one of the following colors: bluish violet, white, pink, red, and hues in a range between violet and pink. In addition to certain straight species being available, hybrids and cultivars are available for certain species. Their popularity varies by species and region. Some of the species are grown in gardens. The common name windflower is used for the entire genus. ![]() "Anemone" may also refer to Nea'man, the Phoenician name for Adonis, referring to an earlier Syrian myth of the god of vegetation, also tusked by a boar. The Metamorphoses of Ovid tells that the plant was created by the goddess Aphrodite when she sprinkled nectar on the blood of her dead lover Adonis, and Ovid describes the etymology as referring to the frailty of the petals that can be easily blown away by the wind. ex Pritz.) Fisch.Īccording to the Oxford English Dictionary, Greek ἀνεμώνη ( anemōnē) means 'daughter of the wind', from ἄνεμος ( ánemos, 'wind') + feminine patronymic suffix -ώνη ( -ṓnē, so 'daughter of').
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