Love-in-a-mist

Love-in-a-mist

Love-in-a-mist

Common name: Love-in-a-mist, ragged lady

Scientific name: Nigella damscena

Distribution: 
Love-in-a-mist is native to Southern Europe, North Africa and South-west Asia found on damp patches of land.

Description:
These charming annual plants earn their common name from its flower. They show early summer blooming with vivid blue blossoms, but can be pink, white or purple in color too. A tangle of green, lacy finely divided leaf like bracts forms a mist around the flowers, hence the name. Another interesting characteristic of this plant is that, after flowering, each blossom becomes balloon-like and turns into the green seed-pod striped purple and bronze.

Love-in-a-mist

Importance:
1. The leaves and seeds are aromatic and are used by cooks and physicians.
2. The dried seed pods are used for flower arrangements.
3. They are also used to prevent moth damage to clothing.

You just can’t help falling in love with love-in-the-mist.