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Botanical details
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Nigella
- Genus description
Nigella are upright, bushy annuals with finely dissected leaves and solitary flowers with 5 blue or white, petal-like sepals and feathery bracts, followed by ornamental seed pods
- Name status
Correct
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