Scandix pecten-veneris

Family:APIACEAE
Species:Scandix pecten-veneris L.
Common Name:Shepherd's Needle; Venus' Comb; Crow's Needles
Habitat:Roadsides and fallow fields.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:SCPE
Plant Notes:Venus' Comb is an introduced herbaceous annual in the Carrot family (Apiaceae). It is native to Europe, western and central Asia, and the Maghreb region of northern Africa. In Alabama it can be found primarily in the Black Belt region of central and western Alabama. It occurs on roadsides, in fields and pastures, and in other open, disturbed sites with calcareous soils. Venus' Comb is an herbaceous annual with a tap root. The stems are green in color, freely branched, hollow, and pubescent. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, and finely bi- to tri-pinnately compound. The ultimate leaf segments are liner-lanceolate and pubescent along the margins. Flowers are produced in simple or compound umbels. The umbels are terminal and lateral with 4-10 perfect flowers per umbellet. Each flower has 5 white petals and a long style with an enlarged base. The fruit is elongate and cylindrical with a long beak lined with comb-like bristles. The mericarps are ribbed and reniform in cross section. In Europe Venus' Comb is eaten as a vegetable and in salads.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyAPIACEAE - Carrot/Parsley family
Genus Scandix
Species Scandix pecten-veneris L. - Shepherd's Needle; Venus' Comb; Crow's Needles

Citation

Citation Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 256–257. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data (lectoytpe: LINN 364.2). Lectotypified by Jafri, in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 117: 20. 1985.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Chaerophyllum pecten-veneris Chaerophyllum pecten-veneris (Linnaeus) Crantz, Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 2: 66. 1763.Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus 1753. 
Myrrhis pecten-veneris Myrrhis pecten-veneris (Linnaeus) Allioni, Fl. Pedem. 2: 29. 1785.Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus 1753. 
Pecten veneris Pecten veneris Lamarck, Fl. France 3: 437. 1779 ("1778").Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus 1753. 
Pectinaria vulgaris Pectinaria vulgaris Bernhardi, Syst. Verz. 168. 1800, nom. illegit.Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus 1753. 
Scandix pecten-veneris var. glabricaulis Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, var. glabricaulis Thellung, in Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 1039. 1926.  
Scandix pecten-veneris var. umbrosa Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, var. umbrosa Beguinot ex Thellung, in Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 1040. 1926.  
Scandix pecten-veneris subsp. brachycarpa Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, subsp. brachycarpa (Gussone) Thellung, in Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 1038. 1926.Scandix brachycarpa Gussone 1825. 
Scandix pecten-veneris subsp. eupecten-veneris Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, subsp. eupecten-veneris Thellung, in Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 1039. 1926, nom. inadmiss.Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus 1753. 
Scandix pecten-veneris var. vestita Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, var. vestita Thellung, in Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 1039. 1926.Scandix hispanica Boissier 1844. 
Scandix pecten-veneris var. longistyla Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, var. longistyla T. Post ex Thellung, in Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 1040. 1926.  
Scandix pecten-veneris var. macrorhyncha Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, var. macrorhyncha (C. A. Meyer) Fiori & Beguinot, Fl. Italia 2: 198. 1900.Scandix macrorhyncha C. A. Meyer 1843. 
Scandix pecten-veneris subsp. tymphaea Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, subsp. tymphaea (Haussknecht) Thellung, in Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 1039. 1926.Scandix macrorhyncha C. A. Meyer, var. tymphaea Haussknecht DATE? 
Scandix pecten-veneris var. brevistyla Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, var. brevistyla Thellung, in Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 1040. 1926.  
Scandix pecten-veneris var. hispanica Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, var. hispanica (Boissier) Cariot & St. Lager, in Cariot, Etude Fl., ed. 3. 2: ___. 1889.Scandix hispanica Boissier 1844. 
Scandix pecten-veneris var. laevigata Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, var. laevigata Aznovour, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 46: 143. 1899. TURKEY
Scandix pecten-veneris var. mesostyla Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, var. mesostyla Thellung, in Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 1040. 1926.  
Scandix pecten-veneris var. pubescens Scandix pectenveneris Linnaeus, var. pubescens Gussone, CITATION? ITALY
Scandix brachycarpa Scandix brachycarpa Gussone, Index Sem. Hort. Boccad. 10. 1825.  
Scandix hispanica Scandix hispanica Boissier, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 3. 2: 57. 1844. SPAIN
Scandix hispanica var. cottiana Scandix hispanica Boissier, var. cottiana Gola, CITATION?  
Scandix laevigata Scandix laevigata (Aznavour) Stojanov & Stefanoff, Fl. Bulg., ed. 2. 749. 1933.Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, var. laevigata Aznavour 1899. 
Scandix macrorhyncha Scandix macrorhyncha C. A. Meyer, Index. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 9: 86. 1843.  
Scandix macrorhyncha var. tymphaea Scandix macrorhyncha C. A. Meyer, var. tymphaea Hausskn., CITATION?  
Scandix pecten Scandix pecten Scopoli, Fl. Carniol., ed. 2. 1: 211. 1771, nom. illegit.Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus 1753 
Scandix pecten-veneris var. polycarpa Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, var. polycarpa Aznavour, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 46: 143. 1899. TURKEY
Scandix pecten-veneris var. brevirostris Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, var. brevirostris Strobl, CITATION? 1887, non Boissier 1872.  
Scandix pecten-veneris var. genuina Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, var. genuina Aznavour, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 46: 143. 1899.Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus 1753. 
Scandix pecten-veneris var. involucrata Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, var. involucrata Bornmuller, CITATION?  
Scandix pecten-veneris subsp. hispanica Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, subsp. hispanica (Boissier) Bonnier, CITATION?Scandix hispanica Boissier 1844. 
Scandix pecten-veneris subsp. macrorhyncha Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, subsp. macrorhyncha (C. A. Meyer) Rouy & Camus, Fl. France 7: 299. 1901.Scandix macrorhyncha C. A. Meyer 1843. 
Scandix pecten-veneris var. brachycarpa Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, var. brachycarpa (Gussone) Fiori & Beguinot, Fl. Italia 2: 198. 1900.Scandix brachycarpa Gussone 1825. 
Scandix pecten-veneris var. brevirostris Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, var. brevirostris Boissier, Fl. Orient. 2: 91_. 1872.Scandix persica Martius 1838. 
Scandix pecten-veneris var. graeca Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus, var. graeca Haussknecht, CITATION? GREECE
Scandix pectenifera Scandix pectenifera Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 122. 1812, nom. illegit.Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus 1753. 
Scandix pecteniformis Scandix pecteniformis Saint-Lager, Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 70. 1880, nom. illegit.Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus 1753. 
Scandix persica Scandix persica Martius, Linnaea 12(Litt. Ber.): 87. 1838.  
Scandix rostrata Scandix rostrata Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 166. 1796, nom. illegit.Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus 1753. 
Scandix taurica Scandix taurica Steven, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 29(2): 355. 1846.  
Scandix tymphaea Scandix tymphaea (Haussknecht) Vierhepper, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 69: 239. 1919.Scandix macrorhyncha C. A. Meyer, var. tymphaea Haussknecht DATE? 
Scandix vulgaris Scandix vulgaris Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2; 503. 1821, nom. illegit.Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus 1753. 
Selinum pecten Selinum pecten E. H. L. Krause, in Sturm, Fl. Deutschl., ed. 2. 12: 75. 1904, nom. illegit.Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus 1753. 
Wylia pecten-veneris Wylia pecten-veneris (Linnaeus) Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 2: 407. 1900.Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus 1753. 
Wylia hispanica Wylia hispanica (Boissier) Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 2: 408. 1900.Scandix hispanica Boissier 1844. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Crenshaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lowndes, Marengo, Mobile, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1966 - 1972

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UWAL0001529 Marengo 26 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1715
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
SAMF0005949 Jefferson 17 Apr 2009 Burns, Kelly L.
28
SAMF
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
AUA000029127 Sumter 1 May 1983 Thomas, R.Dale
83398 & 3057
AUA
Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
UWAL0000813 Marengo 30 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1790
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UNA00037980 Greene 02 Apr 1966 Naugle, Helen E.
G52
UNA
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UWAL0000982 Greene 18 Apr 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5810.1
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UNA00057996 Crenshaw 21 Apr 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13052
UNA
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
TROY000024095 Montgomery 23 Apr 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20614
TROY
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
AUA000029120 Jefferson 2 Apr 2009 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13152
AUA
Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
UNA00037985 Mobile _ Jul 1879 Mohr, Charles
s.n.
UNA
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
AMAL00005755 Tuscaloosa 22 Mar 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2488
AMAL
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
AUA000029124 Marengo 31 Mar 1972 Kral, Robert
45411
AUA
Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
UWAL0000197 Marengo 11 May 1993 Harris, J.W.
s.n.
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UNA00069859 Hale 17 Apr 2010 Ginzbarg, Steven L.
1115
UNA
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UWAL0000981 Dallas 01 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5919
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
TROY000031819 Marengo 26 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1715
TROY
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UWAL0047601 Dallas 19 Apr 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2217
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
AUA000029126 Sumter 14 Apr 1978 Jones, Jr., S.B.
22873
AUA
Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
TROY000035888 Montgomery 28 Apr 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6417
TROY
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
TROY000034604 Tuscaloosa 09 Apr 1984 Kral, Robert
69860
TROY
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UWAL0001020 Marengo 11 Apr 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5773
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
JSU143400 Sumter 01 May 1988 Thomas, R. Dale
104214
JSU
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UWAL0000201 Sumter 06 Apr 1993 Stanton, Lee E.
s.n.
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UWAL0047119 Perry 17 Apr 2009 Schotz, Alfred
2128
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
TROY000034675 Jefferson 02 Apr 2009 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13152
TROY
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
SAMF0005948 Marengo 11 Apr 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5773
SAMF
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UNA00058481 Tuscaloosa 22 Mar 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2488
UNA
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UWAL0000984 Perry 01 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5908
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UNA00017393 Greene 29 Mar 1972 Kral, Robert
45245
UNA
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
TROY000034480 Sumter 05 Apr 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5725
TROY
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
AMAL00005769 Jefferson 24 Mar 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11124
AMAL
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
TROY000001057 Crenshaw 21 Apr 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13052
TROY
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
TROY000046238 Lowndes 13 Mar 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28097
TROY
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
SAMF0005950 Marengo 30 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1790
SAMF
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
AMAL00000246 Dallas 15 Apr 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
396
AMAL
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UNA00037970 Greene 14 Apr 1969 Thomas, Joab L.
1965
UNA
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UWAL0000983 Hale 01 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5930
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UNA00017501 Marengo 31 Mar 1972 Kral, Robert
45411
UNA
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
AUA000029119 Greene 29 Mar 1972 Kral, Robert
45245
AUA
Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
ALNHS00001750 Marengo 02 Apr 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#912
ALNHS
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
TROY000034438 Perry 01 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5908
TROY
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
AMAL00005508 Jefferson 02 Apr 2009 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13152
AMAL
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
AMAL00020950 Hale 17 Apr 2010 Ginzbarg, Steven L.
1115
AMAL
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UWAL0006306 Hale 09 Apr 1984 Kral, Robert
69844
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
AUA000029122 Marengo 26 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1715
AUA
Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
UWAL0019537 Greene 15 Apr 1998 Kral, Robert
87311
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UNA00017502 Dallas 31 Mar 1972 Kral, Robert
45364
UNA
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
AUA000029125 Sumter 29 Mar 1972 Kral, Robert
45228
AUA
Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
TROY000014329 Tuscaloosa 22 Mar 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2488
TROY
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
TROY000042410 Hale 01 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5930
TROY
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
JSU118417 Sumter 19 May 1989 Anderson, Loran C.
11976
JSU
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
AMAL00005754 Crenshaw 21 Apr 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13052
AMAL
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UWAL0009253 Montgomery 28 Apr 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6417
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UWAL0000985 Sumter 05 Apr 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5725
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
AUA000029118 Dallas 31 Mar 1971 Kral, Robert
45364
AUA
Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
SAMF0007904 Montgomery 30 Mar 1965 Myers, Martha Crystal
40
SAMF
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
AMAL00001768 Marengo 01 Apr 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5773
AMAL
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
TROY000034471 Dallas 01 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5919
TROY
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UWAL0000198 Jefferson 19 Mar 2009 Davenport, L.J.
3914
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
AUA000029117 Crenshaw 22 Apr 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
8159
AUA
Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
UWAL0006049 Tuscaloosa 09 Apr 1984 Kral, Robert
69860
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
AUA000029123 Marengo 30 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1790
AUA
Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
UWAL0009999 Jefferson 02 Apr 2009 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13152
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UWAL0000200 Sumter 04 Apr 1993 Ray, Stephan
s.n.
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
JSU118416 Greene 29 May 1972 Kral, Robert
45245
JSU
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
AUA000029121 Greene 29 Apr 1991 Thomas, R.Dale
123305
AUA
Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
UWAL0000814 Pickens 06 Apr 2009 England, J. Kevin
1874
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
TROY000032833 Pickens 06 Apr 2009 England, J. Kevin
1874
TROY
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
ALNHS00003764 Dallas 19 Apr 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2217
ALNHS
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
SAMF0005947 Jefferson 19 Mar 2009 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3914
SAMF
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
TROY000034367 Greene 18 Apr 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5810a
TROY
Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UWAL0000199 Montgomery 23 Apr 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20614
UWAL
Scandix pecten-veneris L.
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