PLANTS Profile for Nigella damascena (devil in the bush)

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PLANTS Profile

Nigella damascena L.
devil in the bush

Symbol:

NIDA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		W

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Nigella damascena L.

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Distribution:
Nigella damascena L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, CT, ID, IL, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, VT, WA, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Nigella damascena L.

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 3 species in Nigella

Classification:
Nigella damascena L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus	Nigella L. – nigella
Species	Nigella damascena L. – devil in the bush

Introduced Information:
Nigella damascena L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Nigella damascena L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18793.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/11/2008 08:56 PM MDT