Nigella damascena/Nigella. Ranunculaceae. Ranunculales. Magnoliopshida. Tracheophyta Commonly called/Love-in-a-mist Native to/Southern Europe. North Africa. Southwest Asia Symbolism/Mystery. Entanglement of love *Genus of 20 species of stiffly erect, busy annuals found on rocky slopes *Single-stemmed or branching annual with ovate, finely divided, 2-3 pinnatisect, bright green leaves, 5in(1.3cm)long *Saucer-shaped, blue flowers, to 1 3/4in(4.5cm)actoss *The oldest traces of Nigella damascena in central Europe date back to 1410-920 B.C. introduced via trade or migration Photographed 5/12 9:30am 2026 Posted 5/15(Friday) 12:10pm 2026
Good morning. ☺️✨ The Nigella damascena 💙 is blooming beautifully. In our garden, blue 💙 and white 🤍 varieties are blooming here and there from self-seeded plants. Initially, a neighbor gave us seedlings, and for the past few years, they've multiplied from self-seeded plants. It makes me so happy when they bloom every year. 🐰💗
Good mornevening, Yuming ! 🌅🌃 The genus Nigella belongs to the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. 🤔 It is commonly known by its scientific name, Nigella. The scientific name originates from the Latin word niger, meaning black.●🙆♀️🤭 However, your flower is not black, but a beautiful blue.🖤🙅♀️💙🙆♀️👌 Since it's a member of the buttercup family, those blue parts are actually sepals, not petals.😄🤗✌️ Other plants in the buttercup family include Christmas roses and anemones.🏵️🌺🌸 They are all beautiful flowers, aren't they ? 🤔 They shine just like my sister Yuming. 👧👖🥰😍😘✨
@ﾃﾞｭﾗﾝｻ Good morning! Thank you for a message. I do walk ~ teku teku🚶🏻♀️in the morning I see a cute flower a day. It’s enough. No rush~ quite ~ life. Let’s go for a nice day day! 😊
@ﾃﾞｭﾗﾝｻ I saw your photo #5,700 photo on 5/15. 2026. 👏Congratulations 🎉 It’s the great number on GS. Keep going! We will be together on GS. Good friendship! 💕
@ニュージェッカー Good morning! 🌞 Thank you for a message. This flower came from my friend’s garden. She called me in the morning. “Nice one ☝️ here”. *flower friendship! We will have a nice day! with smile 😊
@アキラ Good morning! ☀️ Thank you for a message. I know~ it’s getting hotter here in California,too. You live in a nice place in Japan 🇯🇵! Enjoyable Let’s go for today and tomorrow! with smile 😊
Good morning. ☺️✨ It's so nice to encounter different kinds of flowers on your daily walks. There might be a particularly wide variety of flowers this season. 🐰💗
Did I post 5700 times? I've been posting about flowers in my garden, places I've visited, and my feelings at the time. Thank you for looking at them and for your kind words of congratulations. 🐰💗
Commonly called/Love-in-a-mist
Native to/Southern Europe. North Africa. Southwest Asia
Symbolism/Mystery. Entanglement of love
*Genus of 20 species of stiffly erect, busy annuals found on rocky slopes
*Single-stemmed or branching annual with ovate, finely divided, 2-3 pinnatisect, bright green leaves, 5in(1.3cm)long
*Saucer-shaped, blue flowers, to 1 3/4in(4.5cm)actoss
*The oldest traces of Nigella damascena in central Europe date back to 1410-920 B.C. introduced via trade or migration
Photographed 5/12 9:30am 2026
Posted 5/15(Friday) 12:10pm 2026