Ranunculaceae
Spanish fennel
Nigella hispanica
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Nigella
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 西班牙黑种草
- English
- Spanish fennel
- French
- Nigelle d'Espagne
- Russian
- Чернушка испанская
- Spanish
- Axenuz de Laguna, Axenuz silvestre, Bonete de clerigo, Bonete de clérigo, Melantio, Neguilla de Espana, Neguilla de España, Neguilla silvestre
Synonyms
- Nigella amoena Salisb.
- Nigella arvensis subsp. hispanica (L.) Malag.
- Nigella atropurpurea C.Huber
- Nigella polygynia Moench
Photos
Photo: Yoko Nekonomania, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: G. López, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Nigella segetalisRanunculaceae
- 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.