Raffi at 03:27, 21 February 2010

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Murali.lalitha at 09:16, 19 February 2010

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Envoy at 04:52, 14 September 2007

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Love-in-a-mist
| image = Nigella damascena-white2.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''A white Nigella damascena''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ranunculales]]
| familia = [[Ranunculaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Nigella]]''
| species = '''''N. damascena'''''
| binomial = ''Nigella damascena''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
[[Image:Nigella arvensis fruit.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Capsule]]
'''''Nigella damascena''''' ('''Love-in-a-mist''') is an [[Annual plant|annual]] garden [[flowering plant]], belonging to the buttercup family ([[Ranunculaceae]]).

It is native to southern [[Europe]] (but adventive in more northern countries of Europe), north [[Africa]] and southwest [[Asia]]. It is also commonly grown in gardens in North America. It is found on neglected, damp patches of land.

The plant's common name comes from the flower being nestled in a ring of multifid, lacy [[bract]]s. It's also sometimes called Devil in the Bush.

It grows to 20-50 cm tall, with pinnately divided, thread-like, alternate [[leaf|leaves]].

The [[flower]]s are white, pink, pale blue or pale purple, with 5-10 [[sepal]]s. The actual [[petal]]s are located at the base of the stamens and are minute and clawed. The sepals are the only colored part of the [[perianth]]. The 4-5 [[carpel]]s of the compound [[pistil]] have each an erect [[carpel|style]]. The flowers blossom in May and June.

The [[fruit]] is a large and inflated [[Capsule (fruit)|capsule]], growing from a compound [[ovary (plants)|ovary]], and is composed of several united follicles, each containing numerous [[seed]]s. This is rather exceptional for a member of the buttercup family. The capsule becomes brown in late summer.

They are much used in dried flower bouquets.

[[Image:Nigella damascena01.jpg|thumb|right|200px|habit]]

There are several [[cultivar]]s available with flowers in shades of pink and purple, including 'Albion', 'Blue Midget', 'Cambridge Blue', 'Miss Jekyll', 'Mulberry Rose', 'Oxford Blue' and 'Persian Jewels'.

===Related Species===
The related ''[[Nigella sativa]]'' (and not ''N. damascena'') is the source of the spice variously known as Nigella, Kalonji or Black Cumin.

== External links ==
{{Commons|Nigella damascena}}
{{Wikispecies|Nigella damascena}}

[[Category:Ranunculaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Africa]]
[[Category:Flora of Asia]]
[[Category:Flora of Europe]]
[[Category:Garden plants]]
[[Category:Medicinal plants]]

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-{{Taxobox
+[[Image:Nigella arvensis fruit.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Seed capsule]]
 '''''Nigella damascena''''' ('''Love-in-a-mist''') is an [[Annual plant|annual]] garden [[flowering plant]], belonging to the buttercup family ([[Ranunculaceae]]).
 It is native to southern [[Europe]] (but adventive in more northern countries of Europe), north [[Africa]] and southwest [[Asia]]. It is also commonly grown in gardens in North America. It is found on neglected, damp patches of land.
-The plant's common name comes from the flower being nestled in a ring of multifid, lacy [[bract]]s. It's also sometimes called Devil in the Bush.
+The plant's common name comes from the flower being nestled in a ring of multifid, lacy [[bract]]s. It's also sometimes called Devil-in-the-Bush.
-It grows to 20-50 cm tall, with pinnately divided, thread-like,  alternate [[leaf|leaves]].
+The [[fruit]] is a large and inflated [[Capsule (fruit)|capsule]], growing from a compound [[ovary (plants)|ovary]], and is  composed of several united follicles, each containing numerous [[seed]]s. This is rather exceptional for a member of the buttercup family. The capsule becomes brown in late summer. The plant self-seeds, growing on the same spot year after year.
-The [[flower]]s are white, pink, pale blue or pale purple, with 5-10 [[sepal]]s. The actual [[petal]]s are located at the base of the stamens and are minute and clawed. The sepals are the only colored part of the [[perianth]]. The 4-5 [[carpel]]s of the compound [[pistil]] have each an erect [[carpel|style]]. The flowers blossom in May and June.
+The flower has been grown in english [[cottage garden]]s since [[Elizabethan]] times. They are much used in dried flower bouquets.
-The [[fruit]] is a large and inflated [[Capsule (fruit)|capsule]], growing from a compound [[ovary (plants)|ovary]], and is  composed of several united follicles, each containing numerous [[seed]]s. This is rather exceptional for a member of the buttercup family. The capsule becomes brown in late summer.
+The related ''[[Nigella sativa]]'' (and not ''N. damascena'') is the source of the spice variously known as Nigella, Kalonji or Black Cumin.
-They are much used in dried flower bouquets.
+{{Inc|
-[[Image:Nigella damascena01.jpg|thumb|right|200px|habit]]
+==Cultivation==
-===Related Species===
+===Propagation===
-The related ''[[Nigella sativa]]'' (and not ''N. damascena'') is the source of the spice variously known as Nigella, Kalonji or Black Cumin.
-== External links ==
+==References==
-{{Commons|Nigella damascena}}
+<references/>
-{{Wikispecies|Nigella damascena}}
+*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
-[[Category:Ranunculaceae]]
+==External links==
-[[Category:Flora of Africa]]
+*{{wplink}}
-{{Link FA|de}}
+{{stub}}

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		+	{{Inc\|
		+	Nigella damascena, Linn. Fig. 2482. Height 1-2 ft.: Lvs. bright green, very finely cut: fls. white or blue, large; involucre very dense and fine; styles erect in the fr., nearly as long as the caps.: fr. not divergent at top. Summer. S. Eu. B.M. 22. Gn. 37, p. 130; 63, p. 165. J.H. III. 51:61. Gn.M. 5:296. Var. nana, Hort. A dwarf form with very large fls.
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Nigella damascena - Revision history

Raffi at 03:27, 21 February 2010

Murali.lalitha at 09:16, 19 February 2010

Envoy at 04:52, 14 September 2007