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Nigella arvensis
Species of plant in the genus Nigella / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nigella arvensis, the field nigella or wild fennel flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae.[2] It is native to North Africa, central, southern and eastern Europe, the Caucasus region, and the Middle East as far as Iran, and has gone extinct in Switzerland and Crete.[1] It is a minor crop, used locally as a substitute for Nigella sativa, black caraway.[3]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Ranunculaceae |
Genus: | Nigella |
Species: | N. arvensis |
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