Love-in-a-mist - Nigella damascena
Description
Upright, bushy plant with finely dissected leaves and solitary flowers that have 5 blue or white, petal-like sepals and feathery bracts, followed by inflated seed pods.
Habitat
Disturbed or bare ground, usually close to habitation.
When to see it
Flowers June July.
Life History
Annual.
UK Status
Occasional in Britain as a casual escape from cultivation which rarely persists for very long in the wild.
VC55 Status
Rare, or under recorded as a casual in Leicestershire and Rutland. It was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.
Leicestershire & Rutland Map
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