Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Adiantum capillus-veneris L.

Origin: native

Scientific synonyms: Adiantum modestum Underwood

Common names:

Black maidenhair [Black maiden's hair] (1900-1949) (5, 109, 158)

Capillaire de Montpelier (1937, French) (97)

Common maidenhair (Present) (50)

Culantrillo (1900, Spanish) (158)

Dudder grass [Dudder-grass] (1900-1913) (5, 158)

European maidenhair (1900) (158)

Frauen-haar (1900, German) (158)

Lady's-hair [Lady's hair] (1900-1913) (5, 158)

Maidenhair [Maiden hair] (1876-1900) (49, 92, 158)

Maidenhair fern (1898) (49)

Southern maidenhair (1942) (155)

Southern maidenhair fern (1923) (138)

True maidenhair [True maiden's hair] (1768-1949) (5, 109, 165)

True maidenhair fern [True maiden-hair fern] (1878) (86)

Venus' hair [Venushair, Venus-hair] (1900-1949) (92, 97, 109, 158)

Venus' hair fern [Venus hair fern, Venus-hair fern, Venus's hair fern] (1899-1986) (3, 4, 5, 72, 122, 124, 131)

Venushaar (1900, German) (158)

Venus's hair fern (1986) (4)