Mary Ann Robb (née Boulton; 1829–1912) was a 19th-century English botanist, horticulturalist and botanical collector. The perennial plant ''

Euphorbia amygdaloides ''Euphorbia amygdaloides'', the wood spurge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to woodland locations in Europe, Turkey and the Caucasus. It is a bushy evergreen perennial, growing to a height of , with dark green ...

'' var. ''robbiae'' is named in her honour. Robb helped make this plant popular in British gardens. She owned property in London as well as Chiltley Place in

Liphook Liphook is a large village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 4.1 miles (6.6 km) west of Haslemere, bypassed by the A3 road, and lies on the Hampshire/West Sussex/Surrey borders. It is in the civil parish of Brams ...

where she designed and created a garden. Robb was also an artist. Her drawings are held in the Library and Archives at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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1829 births 1912 deaths English botanists People from Liphook {{England-scientist-stub