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Nigella arvensis L.

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Edibility and Usage

Blooming period
April to July
Seed collection period
June to September

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Light blue
  • White
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Nigella
Family
Ranunculaceae
Wikidata item
Q164700
GBIF Item
Nigella arvensis L. (7278276)

References

  1. Hamami, R.(2021).From Crown Anemone to Buchy Bean Caper.Ramallah:A.M. Qattan Foundation.(English and Arabic)
  2. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  3. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.

Citation

Nigella arvensis L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/2363 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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