Nigella damascena L.
(Love-in-a-mist)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNigella damascena (Love-in-a-mist)
GenusNigella (a genus of flowering plants)
FamilyRANUNCULACEAE (buttercups, crowfoots)
OrderRANUNCULALES (buttercups, poppies and barberries)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Nigella damascena (Love-in-a-mist) :
1: Nigella damascena (Love-in-a-mist)
29 May 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
in flower, on rough ground near houses
Image 1: Flower - face view - close-up - dark backgroundImage 2: Flower - face view - close-up - pale backgroundImage 3: Flowering plantImage 4: Flowering plantsImage 5: Flowering plants (2)Image 6: Flower - oblique view - close-up - white backgroundImage 7: Flower - oblique view - close-up - white background (2)Image 8: Flower - oblique view - close-up - white background (3)Image 9: Flower - pale - oblique view - white backgroundImage 10: Flower - pale - obverse - white backgroundImage 11: Flower - pale - side view - white backgroundImage 12: Flower - side view - close-up - white backgroundImage 13: Flower - side view - close-up - white background (2)Image 14: Leaflets - white backgroundImage 15: Leaflets - white background (2)Image 16: Leaf - white backgroundImage 17: Flower bud - side view - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 18: Flower bud - side view - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)Image 19: Leaflet - top surface - enlarged - white backgroundImage 20: Leaflet - under surface - enlarged - white backgroundImage 21: Stem and leaf base - enlarged - white backgroundImage 22: Stem and node - enlarged - white backgroundImage 23: Stem - enlarged - white background

Nigella damascena (Love-in-a-mist) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Nigella damascena (Love-in-a-mist)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Nigella damascena (Love-in-a-mist)
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