Anemone pavonina Lam
Its differences from anemone coronary are small to the layman's eye. It flowers later, in late January, and the red one in particular remains in bloom until late spring. The hypanthus leaves are almost intact, lanceolate or slightly toothed at the tip. The striking sepals are more numerous. Sfikas reports that the species is found in mainly mainland Greece in two main varieties, a) var. pavonina, with flowers completely red or red with a light-coloured circle towards the base of the sepals. b) var. purpureoviolacea, with purple or pinkish or sometimes almost white flowers (Sfikas 2001).
In Kythera we found several pink ones in the west of the island, very few white ones in the south, while red ones are almost everywhere. The characteristic adjective of the species comes from the Latin pavo-pavonis = peacock (from the original Greek taos) and refers to the deep blue almost iridescent “eye” of the flower.
