Species: Love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena)

Family: Buttercups (RANUNCULACEAE)

Category: Flowering Plants

Location: NW

A. Flowering Plants

More extensive information on flowering plants can be found in a separate blog post.

B. Buttercups (RANUNCULACEAE)

Members of this poisonous family have bisexual flowers, and they include many common garden plants as well as wildflowers. The family name means 'little frog'!

C. Love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena)

This is the well-known garden cultivar.

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Love-in-a-mist

Love-in-a-mist is the well-known garden cultivar, albeit a poisonous one!

Love-in-a-mist

Love-in-a-mist is the well-known garden cultivar, albeit a poisonous one!

Love-in-a-mist

Love-in-a-mist flowers both white and blue, more commonly the latter.