Nigella sativa L.

RANUNCULACEAE

- Buttercup family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Nigella sativa L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 534 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Black cumin

English name: black-caraway

English name: black-cumin

Spanish name: arañuel

French name: toute épice

Italian name: Damigella aromatica

German name: Schwarzkümmel

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Magnoliidae
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Nigella
Species:

Page counter: 410 ( AVG: 222.52 / 291.488 )

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Nigella sativa
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Monaco di Baviera, Orto Botanico di Monaco-Nymphenburg. , Monaco, Baviera, Germania, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Nigella sativa
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Monaco di Baviera, Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg ., Baviera, Germania, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Nigella sativa
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Ginevra, Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève., Suisse Romande, Svizzera, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Nigella sativa
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, centro città, Civico Orto Botanico, TS, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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- The New Plantfinder - Images and local names of vascular plants - Project Dryades / KeyToNature, coordinated by the Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
- Lichens - Interactive identification keys to the lichens
- Acta Plantarum - Forum and Image Gallery (Plants, Animals, Mushrooms)

Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (CT)

Distributional map for Nigella sativa L.
Map for Nigella sativa L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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4) Niopa peregrina (L.) Britton & Rose [134]
5) Nocca mollis (Cav.) Jacq. [137]
6) Nolina bigelovii (Torr.) S. Watson var. parryi (S. Watson) L.D. Benson [137]
7) Nonea lutea (Desr.) Rchb. ex DC. [484]
8) Nothocestrum breviflorum A. Gray var. longipes Hillebr. [153]
9) Nothoholcus lanatus (L.) Nash [93]
10) Notholaena incana C. Presl [131]

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