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[[File:ACS_DB_St_Johns_Wort.jpg|thumb|250px|The pressed sample in [[Jayadeep Mir|Henry Green]] and [[Evie Frye]]'s herbarium]] | |||
[[File:ACS_DB_St_Johns_Wort.jpg|thumb|The pressed sample in [[Jayadeep Mir|Henry Green]] and [[Evie Frye]]'s herbarium]] | |||
'''St. John's wort''' is a plant with yellow flowers of the family {{Wiki|Hypericaceae}}. | '''St. John's wort''' is a plant with yellow flowers of the family {{Wiki|Hypericaceae}}. | ||
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===5th century BCE=== | ===5th century BCE=== | ||
Known as ''hypereikon'', an extract from the plant was believed to help with feverish contagion.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Feverish Deserters]]</ref> | Known as ''hypereikon'', an extract from the plant was believed to help with feverish contagion.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Feverish Deserters]]</ref> | ||
===18th century=== | |||
During the [[American Revolutionary War]] for independence from the [[British Empire]], St. John's wort was used as an ingredient for certain medicines, particularly a skin irritation remedy as well as an all-purpose remedy.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Crafting (Assassin's Creed III)|Crafting]]</ref> | |||
===19th century=== | ===19th century=== | ||
During the 19th century, the ''[[Language of Flowers]]'' mentioned how the plant was believed to act as an apotropaic. For this belief of repelling phantoms and other "spirits of darkness", the plant was also known as ''Solterrestres'', meaning the 'Terrestrial [[Sun]]'.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: St. John's Wort]]</ref> [[Evie Frye]] helped [[Jayadeep Mir|Henry Green]] fill up his herbarium in [[London]] in 1866, and St. John's wort was one of the flowers she gathered.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Syndicate''</ref> | During the 19th century, the ''[[Language of Flowers]]'' mentioned how the plant was believed to act as an apotropaic. For this belief of repelling phantoms and other "spirits of darkness", the plant was also known as ''Solterrestres'', meaning the 'Terrestrial [[Sun]]'.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: St. John's Wort]]</ref> [[Evie Frye]] helped [[Jayadeep Mir|Henry Green]] fill up his herbarium in [[London]] in 1866, and St. John's wort was one of the flowers she gathered.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref> | ||
==Gallery== | |||
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AC3 St. John's wort.png|St. John's wort collected in Colonial America | |||
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==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' {{1st}} | |||
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
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[[Category:Flowers]] | [[Category:Flowers]] | ||
[[Category:Herbs]] | [[Category:Herbs]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:56, 22 September 2026
St. John's wort is a plant with yellow flowers of the family Hypericaceae.
History[edit | edit source]
5th century BCE[edit | edit source]
Known as hypereikon, an extract from the plant was believed to help with feverish contagion.[1]
18th century[edit | edit source]
During the American Revolutionary War for independence from the British Empire, St. John's wort was used as an ingredient for certain medicines, particularly a skin irritation remedy as well as an all-purpose remedy.[2]
19th century[edit | edit source]
During the 19th century, the Language of Flowers mentioned how the plant was believed to act as an apotropaic. For this belief of repelling phantoms and other "spirits of darkness", the plant was also known as Solterrestres, meaning the 'Terrestrial Sun'.[3] Evie Frye helped Henry Green fill up his herbarium in London in 1866, and St. John's wort was one of the flowers she gathered.[4]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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St. John's wort collected in Colonial America
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed III (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (mentioned only)