1597 J. Gerard ii. 895 It is called in English Spignell, or Spicknell... The second may be called bastard Baldmony, or bastard Spicknell.
1714 (Royal Soc.) 28 190 Parsley Spignel.
1760 J. Lee App. 327 Spignel, Wild, Seseli.
1796 W. Withering (ed. 3) II. 294 Athamanta Libanotis,..Mountain Spignel or Stone Parsley.