EPPO Global Database

Nigella arvensis(NIGAR)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-03-17

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: NIGAR
  • Preferred name: Nigella arvensis
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia. A cornfield weed, with toxic seeds, which has become rare in many areas as agriculture is intensified. Introduced in southwest Mediterranean


Common names
Name Language
field fennel flower English
field nigella English (GB)
Acker-Schwarzkümmel German
wilder Schwarzkümmel German
nielle bâtarde French
nigelle des champs French
nigelle des prés French
patte d'araignée French
arañuela menor Spanish
estrella de campo Spanish
neguilla Spanish
damigella campestre Italian
fiore di passione Italian
nigella dei campi Italian
wilde nigelle Dutch
barbas-de-velho Portuguese
damas-entre-verde Portuguese
åkerkymmel Swedish
åkernigella Swedish
чернушка полевая Russian
mark-nigella Danish
åkersvartkarve Norwegian
tarla çörekotu Turkish
ketzach hassadeh Hebrew
קֶצַח הַשָּׂדֶה Hebrew
czarnuszka polna Polish
kandilla Hungarian
vetési katicavirág Hungarian
nigela e arave Albanian
nigelë Albanian
полска челебитка Bulgarian
poljska crnjika Croatian
černucha rolní Czech
μαυροκούκι Greek
negrușcă Romanian
мачкови бркови Serbian
пољска црника Serbian
црника Serbian
černuška roľná Slovak
divja črnika Slovene
чорнушка польова Ukrainian