Nigella arvensis, the field nigella or wild fennel flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae.

[2] It is native to North Africa, central, southern and eastern Europe, the Caucasus region, and the Middle East as far as Iran, and has gone extinct in Switzerland and Crete.

[1] It is a minor crop, used locally as a substitute for Nigella sativa, black caraway.

[3] The following subtaxa are accepted:[1]

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