Flower; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 6/2010 © Julia Roeser
Pod and flower; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 7/2011 © Julia Roeser
Capsule; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 10/2011 © Julia Roeser
Ripe, open capsule; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 10/2011 © Julia Roeser
Seeds; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 10/2011 © Julia Roeser
Habit; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 7/2011 © Julia Roeser
Identifier: 1941 Date of entry: 18.05.2012 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Love-in-a-mist
German: Jungfer im Grünen
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Ranunculales (58)
Family: Ranunculaceae (53)(family description)
Genus: Nigella (3)
Epithet: damascena L. (1)
Synonym: Erobathos damascenum Spach
damascena => from Damascus, Syria
damascenum => from Damascus, Syria
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue, white
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