1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
Flowering Plants
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
1.3 Origin
Southern Europe, Northern Africa, Western Asia
South America, Argentina
1.4 Types
not available
Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
Fields, Roadsides, wastelands
Temperate Regions
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
1.8 Sunset Zone
A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
21,22
1.9 Habit
Upright/Erect
Clump-Forming
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
30.50 cm10.20 cm
0.54
3900
2.1.2 Minimum Width
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
Blue, Blue Violet
Light Blue, Light Purple, Silver, Sky Blue
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
2.2.3 Fruit Color
Sandy Brown
Not Available
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Green
Green, Light Green, Gray Green
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Not Available
Several shades of Green
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
2.4 Thorns
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
3.2.2 Growth Rate
3.2.3 Type of Soil
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
Neutral
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
Not Available
Well drained
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer
Early Spring, Spring, Late Winter
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
Ground, Pot
Container, Ground
4.2 How to Plant?
Seedlings
By dividing rhizomes, tubers
4.3 Plant Maintenance
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Allow soil to be completely dry in between waterings, Water when soil is dry
Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
Neutral
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
4.5.2 Soil Type
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Not Available
Well drained
4.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
4.7 Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
4.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
4.9 Pests and Diseases
4.10 Plant Tolerance
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
5.2.2 Edible Fruit
5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
5.4 Showy Foliage
5.5 Showy Bark
5.6 Foliage Texture
5.7 Foliage Sheen
5.8 Evergreen
5.9 Invasive
5.10 Self-Sowing
5.11 Attracts
Not Available
Bees, Birds, Hummingbirds
5.12 Allergy
Not Available
Not Available
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose, Used for decorating walls, fences, gates, hedges, etc.
Showy Purposes
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Not Available
6.1.3 Edible Uses
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Not Available
No Medicinal Use
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
6.2.3 Other Uses
Used as Ornamental plant
Not Available
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
Cottage garden
Container, Lawns and Turf, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall, Wildflower
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
NIGELLA damascena
Ipheion uniflorum
7.2 Common Name
Love-in-a-mist
Spring Starflower, Springstar
7.2.1 In Hindi
love-in-a-mist
Spring Starflower
7.2.2 In German
love-in-a-mist
Frühling Borretsch
7.2.3 In French
love-in-a-mist
Spring Starflower
7.2.4 In Spanish
love-in-a-mist
primavera Flor de estrella
7.2.5 In Greek
love-in-a-mist
άνοιξη starflower
7.2.6 In Portuguese
nigela-dos-trigos
primavera Starflower
7.2.7 In Polish
kocham-w-mgle
Wiosna Starflower
7.2.8 In Latin
Amor-in-nebula
Spring Starflower
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
8.2 Phylum
Tracheophyta
Magnoliophyta
8.3 Class
8.4 Order
8.5 Family
8.6 Genus
8.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Monocots
8.8 Tribe
Not Available
Gilliesieae
8.9 Subfamily
8.10 Number of Species