Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Adiantum pedatum L.

Origin: native

Scientific synonyms: Adiantum americanum Cornuti

Common names:

Adiantum (1917) (57)

American maidenhair (1828-1949) (7, 109, 138, 155, 157, 158)

Canadian maidenhair [Canada maiden-hair] (1768-1879) (46, 165)

Capil Veneris (1828, Official name of Materia Medica) (1828) (7)

Capillaire du Canada (1828, French) (7, 158)

Filix Veneris (1828, Official name of Materia Medica) (7)

Frauenhaar (1828, German) (7)

Hair fern (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Herba Veneris (1828, Official name of Materia Medica) (7)

Ka'ga skûntai (1885, Cherokee, crow shin) (102)

Lock-hair fern (1913) (5)

Maidenhair [Maiden hair] (1828-1929) (7, 19, 46, 49, 57, 157, 158)

Maidenhair fern [Maidenhair-fern, Maidenhair fern, Maiden-hair fern, Maiden hair fern] (1886-1986) (3, 4, 49, 72, 97, 102)

Nordamerikanisches Frauenhaar (1900, German) (158)

Northern maidenhair (Present) (50)

Rock fern (1828-1929) (7, 92, 157, 158)

Sweet fern (1828) (7)

Venus' hair (1649) (46)