Nigella sativa

General Description:

Nigella sativa a small herb, 12-18 in. high, native of Levant, said to be cultivated or occasionally found as a weed of cultivation in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and Assam. Leaves 2-3 pinnatisect, 2.5 - 5.0 cm long, cut into linear - lanceolate segments; flowers pale blue, 20 - 2.5cm across, without an involucre, on solitary long peduncles; seeds trigonous, black, rugulose tubercular.