Nigella arvensis

Nigella arvensis
	Close-up of flower
	Habit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Genus:	Nigella
Species:	N. arvensis
Binomial name
	Nigella arvensis; L.
Synonyms
	List Nigella agrestis J.Presl & C.Presl; Nigella aspera K.Koch; Nigella doliata Pall. ex M.Bieb.; Nigella foeniculacea DC.; Nigella glauca Wallr.; Nigella laevis Delile ex DC.; Nigella latifolia Mill.; Nigella tenuiflora Gilib.; Nigella tuberculata Griseb.; Nigella tuberculata var. saronensis Zohary; Nigella unguiculata Stokes; ;

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]

Botanical illustration

Subtaxa[]

The following subtaxa are accepted:^[1]

Nigella arvensis var. anatolica Zohary – Turkey
Nigella arvensis var. iranica Zohary – Iran
Nigella arvensis subsp. latilabris (Zohary) Greuter & Burdet – Israel
Nigella arvensis var. longicornis (Zohary) C.C.Towns. – Turkey, Levant, Iraq
Nigella arvensis subsp. negevensis (Zohary) Greuter & Burdet – Israel
Nigella arvensis var. oblanceolata P.H.Davis – Turkey
Nigella arvensis subsp. palaestina (Zohary) Greuter & Burdet – Turkey, Levant
Nigella arvensis var. simplicifolia Zohary – Iraq

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Nigella arvensis L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^ "Nigella arvensis wild fennel flower". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^ Weiss, E. A. (2002). Spice Crops. Cabi Publishing. p. 357. ISBN 9780851996059.

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[711626-1-1] "Nigella arvensis L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[2] "Nigella arvensis wild fennel flower". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[3] Weiss, E. A. (2002). Spice Crops. Cabi Publishing. p. 357. ISBN 9780851996059.

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