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Genus Nigella Family Ranunculaceae

Description: Annual herbs.

Leaves alternate, 2 or 3 times pinnatisect into linear or filiform segments.

Flowers solitary at end of stem branches, actinomorphic, bisexual. Sepals 5, petaloid. Petals 5, opposite to and much smaller than sepals, 2-lipped, tapering to a claw at base. Stamens numerous. Carpels 2–14, ± united.

Fruit of 2–14 ± united follicles forming a capsule.


Distribution and occurrence: World: c. 20 species, Mediterranean to western Asia. Australia: 1 species (naturalized).

Text by B. G. Briggs & R. O. Makinson
Taxon concept:

One species in NSW: Nigella damascena

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