Nice complicated flower

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    ariani Active Member 10 Years

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    IT looks very complicated flower. ID please?
     

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    Nigella arvensis is possibly a better fit. It's a circum-Mediterranean species, more likely wild in Albania than N. damascena.
     
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    Nigella arvensis lacks that dissected involucre. It is N. damascena which is native to Albania according GRIN, but is common in cultivation anyway.
     
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