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love-in-a-mist
Nigella damascena
Nigella damascena (love-in-a-mist, ragged lady or devil in the bush) is an annual garden flowering plant, belonging to the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. It is native to southern Europe (but adventive in more northern countries of Europe), north Africa and southwest Asia, where it is found on neglected, damp patches of land.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.375
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.198
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.538
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.322
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.584
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Nigella damascena in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62313.