Nigella
Habit | herbaceous
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Height: | ⇕ | 20 cm"cm" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20. to 90 cm"cm" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 90. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | annual |
Features: | ✓ | flowers, edible |
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Nigella is a genus of about 14 species of annual plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native to southern Europe, north Africa and southwest Asia. Common names applied to members of this genus are Devil-in-a-bush or Love in a mist.
The species grow to 20-90 cm tall, with finely divided leaves, the leaf segments narrowly linear to threadlike. The flowers are white, yellow, pink, pale blue or pale purple, with 5-10 petals. The fruit is a capsule composed of several united follicles, each containing numerous seeds; in some species (e.g. Nigella damascena), the capsule is large and inflated.
Several species are grown as ornamental plants in gardens. Nigella damascena has been grown in English cottage gardens since Elizabethan times, commonly called Love-In-A-Mist. Nigella hispanica is a taller species with larger blue flowers, red stamens, and grey leaves. Nigella seeds are self-sowing if the seed pods are left to mature.
ExpandRead about Nigella in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Cultivation
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Species
About 14, including:
Nigella arvensis
Nigella ciliaris
Nigella damascena
Nigella hispanica
Nigella integrifolia
Nigella nigellastrum
Nigella orientalis
Nigella sativa
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Nigella. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Nigella QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)