Scandix australis
Venus’s comb Χτενόχορτο της Αφροδίτης
Apiaceae - carrot family Dicot.
Scandix australis
Venus’s comb Χτενόχορτο της Αφροδίτης
Apiaceae - carrot family Dicot.
Scandix australis is very similar to, but tends to be smaller than, Scandix pecten-veneris. Also it grows on the beach and not in the fields.
The leaves are edible and tasty, especially in the local pies, hortopita.
Scandix - from ancient Greek name for the plant (σκάνδιξ)
australis - botanical Latin for from the south