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Habit
Scientific classification
Genus:	Nigella
Species:	arvensis
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. 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.

Botanical illustration

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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