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[[File:ACS_DB_St_Johns_Wort.jpg|thumb|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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==History== | ==History== | ||
During the 18th century, the {{Wiki|Language of flowers|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 18th century, the {{Wiki|Language of flowers|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> | ||
==Trivia== | |||
*Though the scientific name given in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' is {{Wiki|Hypericum balearicum}}, the plant known as St. John's wort is actually {{Wiki|Hypericum perforatum}}. | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
Revision as of 22:07, 17 May 2019
St. John's wort is a plant with yellow flowers of the family Hypericaceae.
History
During the 18th 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'.[1] 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.[2]
Trivia
- Though the scientific name given in Assassin's Creed: Syndicate is Hypericum balearicum, the plant known as St. John's wort is actually Hypericum perforatum.
Appearances
References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Database: St. John's Wort
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate