Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Genus: Nigella (Nigella)
Nigella arvensis L. - Nigella
Nigella sativa L. - Black-Cumin
Nigella damascena L. - Love-In-A-Mist
<span class="r">Slightly toxic</span>, 10–50 cm tall. <span class="v1">flowers:</span> bluish to whitish, <b>often with a greenish to bluish apex</b>; <ba>on the outside <b>with greenish stripes</b></ba>. <span class="v1">perianth:</span> 5‑leaved. ...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
ruderal vegetation, fields, vineyards
in alkaline habitats