Nigella ciliaris, Ciliate Love-In-A-Mist,
קצח ריסני
 
Scientific name:  Nigella ciliaris DC.
Common name:  Ciliate Love-In-A-Mist
Hebrew name:  קצח ריסני
Family:  Ranunculaceae, נוריתיים

Flowers of the Bible, biblical plants, bloemen in Israel, Bloemen in de Bijbel

 
Life form:  Therophyte, annual
Leaves:  Alternate, dissected
Flowers:  Yellow
Flowering Period:   March, April, May, June
Habitat:   Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:  Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands
Chorotype:  Mediterranean
Summer shedding:  Ephemeral

Nigella ciliaris, Ciliate Love-In-A-Mist, קצח ריסני


Derivation of the botanical name:
Nigella, diminutive of Latin niger or nigrum, black, referring to the seed color.
ciliaris, cilium, eyelash and eyelid together; aris, of or pertaining to; meaning fringed with hair.
  • The standard author abbreviation DC. is used to indicate Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778 – 1841), a Swiss botanist.