• Source: Nigella arvensis

Nigella arvensis, the field nigella or wild fennel flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae. 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. It is a minor crop, used locally as a substitute for Nigella sativa, black caraway.




Subtaxa


The following subtaxa are accepted:

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




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References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Nigella
• Flora Lebanon
• Nigella arvensis
• Nigella
• Arvensis
• Ranunculaceae
• Flora of Lebanon
• Flora of Malta
• Mentha
• Biele Karpaty Protected Landscape Area
• List of native plants of Flora Palaestina (E–O)
• Arne Strid