Ranunculaceae
Devil in the bush
Nigella damascena
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Nigella
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Common names
By language (40)
- aeb
- حبة سودة, سينوج
- Arabic
- شونيز دمشقي, بركة شامية, حبة بركة شامية, حبة سوداء, شونيزو دمشق
- Armenian
- Սոնիճ դամասկոսյան
- arz
- شونيز دمشقى
- Belarusian
- Чарнушка дамаская, Дзяўчына ў зелені
- Bulgarian
- Дамаска челебитка
- Catalan
- Flor d'aranya, Cheveux de Vénus
- Chinese
- 黑种草, 黑種草, 黑子草
- Croatian
- Damaščanska crnjika
- Czech
- Černucha damašská
- Danish
- Jomfru i det grønne
- Dutch
- Juffertje-in-het-groen
- English
- Devil in the bush, Devil-in-the-bush, Love in a mist, Love-in-a-mist, Bishop wort, Bishop's wort, Devil-in-a-bush
- Esperanto
- Damaska nigelo
- Estonian
- Türgi mustköömen
- Finnish
- Tarhaneito
- French
- Nigelle de Damas, Cheveux de Vénus, Barbiche
- Galician
- Luceiros
- German
- Jungfer im Grünen, Damaszener Schwarzkümmel, Braut in Haaren, Cheveux de Vénus
- Greek
- Μελάνθιον το δαμασκηνόν
- hsb
- Rjana družka, Njewjesćinka
- Hungarian
- Borzaskata, Török kandilla, Török katicavirág, A puszták szüze, Kerti kandilla, Kék kandilla, Pókfű
- Italian
- Anigella, Damigella, Scapigilate
- Japanese
- クロタネソウ
- Korean
- 니겔라
- kw
- Glas an niwl
- Lithuanian
- Cheveux de Vénus
- Macedonian
- Бушава црнушка
- Malayalam
- നിഗല്ല ഡമാസ്കിന
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Jomfruen i det grønne
- Persian
- نیگلا داماسکنا
- Polish
- Czarnuszka damasceńska
- Russian
- Чернушка дамасская, Девица в зелени, Чернушка дамаскская
- Serbian
- Мaчкoв брк
- Slovenian
- Vzhodna črnika
- Spanish
- Ajeluz, Ajenuz de jardin, Ajenuz de jardín, Aranuelas, Axenuz de jardin que hace la simiente muy negra, Axenuz de jardín que hace la simiente muy negra, Erobatos damascenum, Farolillo
- Swedish
- Jungfrun i det gröna, Cheveux de Vénus
- Turkish
- Şam çörek otu
- Ukrainian
- Чорнушка дамаська
- Welsh
- Glas y niwl, Cwlwm cariad cywir
Synonyms
- Erobathos coarctatum (C.C.Gmel.) Spach
- Erobathos damascenum Spach
- Melanthium damascenum Medik.
- Nigella bithynica Azn.
- Nigella bourgaei Jord.
- Nigella coarctata C.C.Gmel.
- Nigella coerulea Lam.
- Nigella elegans Salisb.
- Nigella involucrata Moench
- Nigella multifida Gaterau
- Nigella nana J.W.Loudon
- Nigella pygmaea DC.
- Nigella taurica Steven
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 903 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: viridian, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jono, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: katunchik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tatiana Gavrilova, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Nigella
- Black cuminNigella sativaRanunculaceae
- Wild fennel-flowerNigella arvensisRanunculaceae
- Nigella gallicaRanunculaceae
- Nigella oxypetalaRanunculaceae
- Nigella segetalisRanunculaceae
- Spanish fennelNigella hispanicaRanunculaceae
- Yellow fennel flowerNigella orientalisRanunculaceae
- Papillose-leaved love-in-a-mistNigella papillosaRanunculaceae
- Nigella carpathaRanunculaceae
- Ciliate love-in-a-mistNigella ciliarisRanunculaceae
- Nigella elataRanunculaceae
- Nigella nigellastrumRanunculaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.