Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Love-in-a-mist, Nigella damascena
Photographs: Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork

Love-in-a-mist
Nigella damascena
Family: Ranunculaceae

Flowering July-September. Annual. Garden escape.

Flowers with 5-10 coloured sepals and minute petals at the base of the stamens. Sepals are usually sky-blue but can be pink, white or pale purple. The flowers are surrounded by prominent lacy bracts and are followed by large inflated seed capsules. The leaves are very finely cut

Self-seeds freely and is an occasional garden escape or discard on well-drained light soils

Love-in-a-mist, Nigella damascena

Love-in-a-mist, Nigella damascena
Love-in-a-mist, Nigella damascena

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