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Nigella damascena - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 6/2010 © Julia Roeser

Nigella damascena - Pod and flower - Click to enlarge!

Pod and flower; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 7/2011 © Julia Roeser

Nigella damascena - Capsule - Click to enlarge!

Capsule; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 10/2011 © Julia Roeser

Nigella damascena - Ripe, open capsule - Click to enlarge!

Ripe, open capsule; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 10/2011 © Julia Roeser

Nigella damascena - Seeds - Click to enlarge!

Seeds; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 10/2011 © Julia Roeser

Nigella damascena - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 7/2011 © Julia Roeser

Dataset

Identifier: 1941
Date of entry: 18.05.2012
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Love-in-a-mist

German: Jungfer im Grünen

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Ranunculales (74)

        Family: Ranunculaceae (52)(family description)

          Genus: Nigella (3)

            Epithet: damascena L. (1)

Synonym: Erobathos damascenum Spach

damascena => from Damascus, Syria

damascenum => from Damascus, Syria

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: blue, white

External links

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