Nigella Damascena
by Rob Hemphill
Title
Nigella Damascena
Artist
Rob Hemphill
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
One of my favourite and photogenic flowers in the garden is this charming Nigella with its gorgeous deep blue petals and fascinating spikelets.
Nigella damascena, love-in-a-mist, ragged lady or devil in the bush, is an annual garden flowering plant, belonging to the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. It is native to southern Europe (but adventive in more northern countries of Europe), north Africa and southwest Asia, where it is found on neglected, damp patches of land.
The specific epithet damascena relates to Damascus in Syria. The plant's common name comes from the flower being nestled in a ring of multifid, lacy bracts.
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Featured in the following FAA groups:
"1000 Views on 1 Image" 09/26/2020
"100 Favorite" 08/02/2020
"Flower Beauty" 05/23/2020
"Global Flowers Photography" 10/29/2019
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May 23rd, 2013
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Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups nominated images by your fellow artist in the Special Features #15 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist.....L/F/Tw
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/p
Alex Mir
Congratulations, Rob! Your outstanding Nigella Photograph is now featured in the 100 Favorite group.
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