Nigella sativa var. sativa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Ranunculales

Nigella sativa L. var. sativa, autonym

Heterotypic
- Nigella cretica Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 4 (1768).
- Nigella indica Roxb., Asiat. Res. 11: 173 (1810).
- Nigella sativa var. citrina DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 331 (1817).
- Nigella sativa var. cretica (Mill.) DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 331 (1817).
- Nigella sativa var. indica (Roxb.) DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 331 (1817).
- Nigella truncata Viv., Pl. Aegypt. Dec.: 6 (1830).
- Solanum dulcamara var. plenum G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 409 (1838).

Native distribution areas:

Native to:

Asia-Temperate
- Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Middle Asia
  - Turkmenistan.
- Western Asia
  - Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Türkiye.
Europe
- Southeastern Europe
  - Bulgaria, Romania.

Introduced into:

Africa
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan.
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
Asia-Temperate
- Arabian Peninsula
  - Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
- Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, East Aegean Is.
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, India.
- Indo-China
  - Myanmar.
Europe
- Eastern Europe
  - Central European Russia, Krym, Ukraine.
- Middle Europe
  - Czechia-Slovakia.
- Southeastern Europe
  - Greece, Italy, Türkiye-in-Europe, Kuzeybatı Balkan Yarımadası.
- Southwestern Europe
  - France.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Nigella sativa var. sativa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Jan 17. Reference page.