Common names for Teasel (Dipsacus sylvestris) include card teasel, gypsy combs, church-broom, clothier's-brush, shepherd's-thistle and venus-cup. Teasel is native to Eurasia and north Africa, and probably came to North America with early settlers. The seed-head is not only ornamental, but was used to card wool and make mohair fabric both in the home and in textile factories.
Teasel seeds float, propagating along streams and rivers throughout North America, which explains the abundance of teasel along the banks of the Shenandoah River, where these specimens were photographed.
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