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|accepted_name=Nigella
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 534. 175
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|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 238. 1754
|year=1754
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|common_names=Love-in-a-mist
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Nigella
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ranunculaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Nigella]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin niger, black, and ella, diminutive; pertaining to seeds
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="herb duration"><b>Herbs,</b> annual, from taproots.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf position;leaf position;leaf architecture;distal leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>basal and cauline, petiolate or distal leaves sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="cauline leaf arrangement">cauline leaves alternate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf-blade shape;segment arrangement or course or shape;segment shape;margin architecture or shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blade 2-3-pinnately dissected, segments linear, threadlike [ovate or oblong or sometimes undivided, short], margins entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence position;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal or axillary, flowers solitary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="involucre presence;involucral-beak quantity;involucral-beak shape">involucres present [absent], involucral-bracts 5-6, finely pinnately dissected, closely subtending flower.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture or shape"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual, radially symmetric;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="sepal duration;sepal coloration;sepal coloration;sepal coloration;sepal coloration;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal shape;sepal some measurement;fruit quantity;apex shape">sepals persistent in fruit, 5-25, blue to white or pink [yellowish white or green], plane, ovate, clawed [not clawed], 8-25 mm, apex acuminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="petal atypical quantity;petal quantity;petal fusion;petal coloration;petal architecture;petal shape;petal architecture;petal some measurement">petals (0-) 5-10, distinct, lead-colored, hooded, obovate, 2-labiate, 2-5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="nectary position">nectary apical;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 15-75;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="filament shape">filaments filiform;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="staminode presence">staminodes absent between stamens and pistils;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="pistil architecture;pistil architecture">pistil compound [carpels connate proximally], [2-] 5-10-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="ovule quantity">ovules 25-100;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="style presence">style present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit architecture;fruit shape;side architecture"><b>Fruits </b>capsular [partially connate follicles], sessile, inflated-spheric [not inflated], sides not prominently veined;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="beak position or structure subtype;beak course;beak some measurement">beak terminal, straight, 13-20 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>black, broadly obovate, reticulate, with raised ridges.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="seed coloration;seed shape;seed architecture or coloration or relief;x chromosome quantity">x=6.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;s Europe;sw;c Asia;n Africa
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 20 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=mitchell1982a
|text=Mitchell, R. S. and J. K. Dean. 1982. Ranunculaceae (Crowfoot Family) of New York State. Bull. New York State Mus. Sci. Serv. 446.
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|id=zohary1983a
|text=Zohary, M. 1983. The genus Nigella (Ranunculaceae)--A taxonomic revision. Pl. Syst. Evol. 142: 71-107.
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name=Nigella
|author=Bruce A. Ford
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|distribution=North America;s Europe;sw;c Asia;n Africa
|reference=mitchell1982a;zohary1983a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Nigella
|apex shape=acuminate
|beak course=straight
|beak position or structure subtype=terminal
|beak some measurement=13mm;20mm
|cauline leaf arrangement=alternate
|distal leaf architecture=sessile
|filament shape=filiform
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|flower architecture or shape=symmetric
|flower reproduction=bisexual
|fruit architecture=sessile;capsular
|fruit quantity=5;25
|fruit shape=inflated-spheric
|herb duration=annual
|inflorescence position=axillary;terminal
|involucral-beak quantity=5;6
|involucral-beak shape=dissected
|involucre presence=absent
|leaf architecture=petiolate
|leaf position=cauline;basal
|leaf-blade shape=dissected
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|nectary position=apical
|ovule quantity=25;100
|petal architecture=2-labiate;hooded
|petal atypical quantity=0;5
|petal coloration=lead-colored
|petal fusion=distinct
|petal quantity=5;10
|petal shape=obovate
|petal some measurement=2mm;5mm
|pistil architecture=[2-]5-10-carpellate;compound
|seed architecture or coloration or relief=reticulate
|seed coloration=black
|seed shape=obovate
|segment arrangement or course or shape=linear
|segment shape=thread-like
|sepal coloration=blue;white or pink
|sepal duration=persistent
|sepal shape=clawed;ovate;plane
|sepal some measurement=8mm;25mm
|side architecture=veined
|stamen quantity=15;75
|staminode presence=absent
|style presence=absent
|x chromosome quantity=6
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