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Nigella
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For other uses, see Nigella (disambiguation).
Nigella is a genus of 18 species[1] of annual plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Southern Europe, North Africa, South Asia, Southwest Asia and Middle East. Common names applied to members of this genus are nigella, devil-in-a-bush or love-in-a-mist.
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Nigella | |
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Nigella damascena | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Ranunculaceae |
Subfamily: | Ranunculoideae |
Tribe: | Nigelleae |
Genus: | Nigella L. |
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![a botanical scan of Nigella ciliaris](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Nigella_ciliaris_01.jpg/640px-Nigella_ciliaris_01.jpg)
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The species grow to 20–90 cm (8–35 in) tall, with finely divided leaves; the leaf segments are narrowly linear to threadlike. The flowers are white, yellow, pink, pale blue or pale purple, with five to ten 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.