Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Scandix pecten-veneris L.

Origin: introduced

Common names:

Adam's needle [Adam's-needle] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Beggar's-needles [Beggar's needles] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Crake-needles [Crake needles] (1913) (5)

Crape-needle (1923?, obsolete by 1923) (156)

Crow-needles [Crow needles, crow-needle] (1913-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156)

Devil's-darning-needle [Devil's darning needles, Devil's darning-needle] (1913-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156)

Hedgehog [Hedge hog] (1913-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156)

Lady's-comb [Lady's comb] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Needle-chervil [Needle chervil] (1913-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156)

Pink needle (1913-1923?obsolete by 1923) (5, 156)

Poukenel (1913-1923?obsolete by 1923) (5, 156)

Pucker-needle [Pucker needle] (1876) (92)

Scandix (1919) (107)

Shepherd's-needle [Shepherds' needle, Shepherd's needle, Shepherds'-needle] (1876?-Present) (5, 50, 92, 156)

Skanthrix (322 BC, Theophrastus) (107)

Skanthrox (100 AD, Dioscorides) (107)

Venus' comb [Venus comb] (1876?-1923) (5, 92, 107, 156)

Wild chervil (1919) (107)