Subject: Need help with Devil's Bit (weed)

From: [email-masked] (S McFarlane)
Date: 10 Jun 1996 20:54:42 GMT

Can anyone tell me what the scientific (or other) name of this weed is?
I've asked around (Dallas, TX area), and all I get is 'Devil's Bit'.
It's a 2-3' tall, wiry weed with purple spherical flowers.

Anyone?

Thanks,

Steve

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From: Allan Deutsch <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 12:51:29 -0700

The 1983 ed. of IMPORTANT WEEDS OF THE WORLD lists it as:

       _Succisa autralis_ (Wulf.) Reichenb. .... or,
       _Succisella inflexa_ (Kluk) G. Beck

The European name: Devilsbit (all one word).

          For what it's worth!!       --A.E. Deutsch