Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 22

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-COMMON_NAMES-Garden Fennel, Love in a Mist,
Devil in a Bush, Wild Fennel, Fennel Flower
-GENUS-Nigella 
-SPECIES-Nigella damascena
-CLASS-Polyandria
-ORDER-Pentagynia
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus

-MODERN_GENUS-Nigella
-MODERN_SPECIES-Nigella damascena 
-MODERN_FAMILY-Ranunculaceae

-PLANT_TYPE-annual
-COLOR-white, rose pink, pale or purple-blue
-SEASON-summer
-NATIVE_REGION-S Europe, N Africa
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-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-1
-PUB_DATE-1787
-REISSUED-1793
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-S. Edwards
-NALPCD-Disc 0644 IMG0019.PCD