Scandix pecten-veneris

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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

Family	APIACEAE - 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

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
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

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
AUA000029121	Greene	29 Apr 1991	Thomas, R.Dale 123305	AUA Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
ALNHS00001750	Marengo	02 Apr 2013	Barger, T. Wayne SP#912	ALNHS Scandix pecten-veneris L.
AMAL00005754	Crenshaw	21 Apr 2002	Diamond, Alvin R. 13052	AMAL Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UWAL0019537	Greene	15 Apr 1998	Kral, Robert 87311	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris L.
AMAL00005769	Jefferson	24 Mar 2002	Spaulding, Daniel D. 11124	AMAL Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
AUA000029125	Sumter	29 Mar 1972	Kral, Robert 45228	AUA Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
UNA00058481	Tuscaloosa	22 Mar 2003	Keener, Brian R. 2488	UNA Scandix pecten-veneris L.
SAMF0005948	Marengo	11 Apr 2010	Keener, Brian R. 5773	SAMF Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
TROY000035888	Montgomery	28 Apr 2011	Keener, Brian R. 6417	TROY Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UNA00037970	Greene	14 Apr 1969	Thomas, Joab L. 1965	UNA Scandix pecten-veneris L.
AUA000029127	Sumter	1 May 1983	Thomas, R.Dale 83398 & 3057	AUA Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
UWAL0000985	Sumter	05 Apr 2010	Keener, Brian R. 5725	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris L.
JSU118417	Sumter	19 May 1989	Anderson, Loran C. 11976	JSU Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
AUA000029123	Marengo	30 Mar 2009	England, J. Kevin 1790	AUA Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
UNA00069859	Hale	17 Apr 2010	Ginzbarg, Steven L. 1115	UNA Scandix pecten-veneris L.
SAMF0005947	Jefferson	19 Mar 2009	Davenport, Lawrence J. 3914	SAMF 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
UWAL0009253	Montgomery	28 Apr 2011	Keener, Brian R. 6417	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris L.
AUA000029120	Jefferson	2 Apr 2009	Spaulding, Daniel D. 13152	AUA Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
TROY000032833	Pickens	06 Apr 2009	England, J. Kevin 1874	TROY Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UNA00017502	Dallas	31 Mar 1972	Kral, Robert 45364	UNA Scandix pecten-veneris L.
SAMF0005949	Jefferson	17 Apr 2009	Burns, Kelly L. 28	SAMF Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
AUA000029124	Marengo	31 Mar 1972	Kral, Robert 45411	AUA Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
UWAL0000813	Marengo	30 Mar 2009	England, J. Kevin 1790	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UWAL0047119	Perry	17 Apr 2009	Schotz, Alfred 2128	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris L.
AMAL00000246	Dallas	15 Apr 2010	Barger, T. Wayne 396	AMAL Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
TROY000034471	Dallas	01 May 2010	Keener, Brian R. 5919	TROY Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UWAL0000200	Sumter	04 Apr 1993	Ray, Stephan s.n.	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UWAL0000983	Hale	01 May 2010	Keener, Brian R. 5930	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris L.
SAMF0005950	Marengo	30 Mar 2009	England, J. Kevin 1790	SAMF Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
AUA000029122	Marengo	26 Mar 2009	England, J. Kevin 1715	AUA Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
UWAL0000982	Greene	18 Apr 2010	Keener, Brian R. 5810.1	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris L.
ALNHS00003764	Dallas	19 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SP#2217	ALNHS Scandix pecten-veneris L.
AMAL00001768	Marengo	01 Apr 2010	Keener, Brian R. 5773	AMAL Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UWAL0000201	Sumter	06 Apr 1993	Stanton, Lee E. s.n.	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris L.
AUA000029126	Sumter	14 Apr 1978	Jones, Jr., S.B. 22873	AUA Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
UNA00037985	Mobile	_ Jul 1879	Mohr, Charles s.n.	UNA Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UNA00017393	Greene	29 Mar 1972	Kral, Robert 45245	UNA Scandix pecten-veneris L.
AUA000029118	Dallas	31 Mar 1971	Kral, Robert 45364	AUA Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
UWAL0000197	Marengo	11 May 1993	Harris, J.W. s.n.	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UWAL0001529	Marengo	26 Mar 2009	England, J. Kevin 1715	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UWAL0006306	Hale	09 Apr 1984	Kral, Robert 69844	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris L.
TROY000042410	Hale	01 May 2010	Keener, Brian R. 5930	TROY Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UWAL0000199	Montgomery	23 Apr 2009	Diamond, Alvin R. 20614	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris L.
TROY000034367	Greene	18 Apr 2010	Keener, Brian R. 5810a	TROY Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UNA00017501	Marengo	31 Mar 1972	Kral, Robert 45411	UNA Scandix pecten-veneris L.
JSU118416	Greene	29 May 1972	Kral, Robert 45245	JSU Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
TROY000031819	Marengo	26 Mar 2009	England, J. Kevin 1715	TROY Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
AUA000029117	Crenshaw	22 Apr 1992	Diamond, Alvin R. 8159	AUA Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
UWAL0047601	Dallas	19 Apr 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SP#2217	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UNA00057996	Crenshaw	21 Apr 2002	Diamond, Alvin R. 13052	UNA Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UWAL0006049	Tuscaloosa	09 Apr 1984	Kral, Robert 69860	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris L.
JSU143400	Sumter	01 May 1988	Thomas, R. Dale 104214	JSU Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
TROY000034438	Perry	01 May 2010	Keener, Brian R. 5908	TROY Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UWAL0000984	Perry	01 May 2010	Keener, Brian R. 5908	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris L.
TROY000034675	Jefferson	02 Apr 2009	Spaulding, Daniel D. 13152	TROY Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
TROY000034604	Tuscaloosa	09 Apr 1984	Kral, Robert 69860	TROY Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
AMAL00005755	Tuscaloosa	22 Mar 2003	Keener, Brian R. 2488	AMAL Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
TROY000014329	Tuscaloosa	22 Mar 2003	Keener, Brian R. 2488	TROY Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UWAL0000981	Dallas	01 May 2010	Keener, Brian R. 5919	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UNA00037980	Greene	02 Apr 1966	Naugle, Helen E. G52	UNA Scandix pecten-veneris L.
SAMF0007904	Montgomery	30 Mar 1965	Myers, Martha Crystal 40	SAMF Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
TROY000024095	Montgomery	23 Apr 2009	Diamond, Alvin R. 20614	TROY Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UWAL0001020	Marengo	11 Apr 2010	Keener, Brian R. 5773	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris L.
AMAL00020950	Hale	17 Apr 2010	Ginzbarg, Steven L. 1115	AMAL Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UWAL0009999	Jefferson	02 Apr 2009	Spaulding, Daniel D. 13152	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris L.
UWAL0000814	Pickens	06 Apr 2009	England, J. Kevin 1874	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris L.
AUA000029119	Greene	29 Mar 1972	Kral, Robert 45245	AUA Scandix Pecten-Veneris L.
TROY000034480	Sumter	05 Apr 2010	Keener, Brian R. 5725	TROY Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
AMAL00005508	Jefferson	02 Apr 2009	Spaulding, Daniel D. 13152	AMAL Scandix pecten-veneris Linnaeus
UWAL0000198	Jefferson	19 Mar 2009	Davenport, L.J. 3914	UWAL Scandix pecten-veneris L.

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Data last modified: 11/9/2024

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Citation Information:

Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2024. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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