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Details for: W6 21664,
Nigella hispanica
L., W6 21664
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Nigella hispanica
L.
Top Name:
W6 21664
Origin:
Donated – California, United States
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
29 Aug 1999
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Nigella hispanica
L.
Top Name:
W6 21664
Origin:
Donated – California, United States
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
29 Aug 1999
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Donated
29 August 1999.
California, United States
Donor(s):
Hellier, Agatha J.
Accession Names and Identifiers
W6 21664
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS
Narrative
Annual. Height 1-3 ft, spread 1-2 ft. Royal blue to purplish-blue flowees, depending on soil. Alkaline soil = blue, acid soil = purplish-blue. Starts blooming on April. If seed sown every few weeks, can bloom through September or October. Naturalizes but isn't a pest. Requires very little water. Good cutting flower. Dries seed pods coveted by flower arrangers. Sun or part shade.
Nigella hispanica
L.
Genus:
Nigella
Family:
Ranunculaceae
Subfamily:
Ranunculoideae
Tribe:
Nigelleae
Nomen number:
105367
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:534. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
02/25/1986
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Common names
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English
fennel-flower
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English
Spanish-fennel
1
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Swedish
spanska jungfrun
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
0.12
W6-MISC.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS
W6 21664 99o SD
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