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After 150 Years of Absence, Field Nigella Reappears in the Sarthe Region.

It was thought to have disappeared for good in the Sarthe region: the last sighting of this small white flower with five petals dates back to 1879. Nigella faecia (flowering black cumin) was observed on a plot of land in Parcé-sur-Sarthe in early July by Esther Servain, a master's student in ecology interning at the National Botanical Conservatory of Brest. Once widespread, the flower, which grows in dry, calcareous fields, has become increasing…
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It was thought to have disappeared for good in the Sarthe region: the last sighting of this small white flower with five petals dates back to 1879. Nigella faecia (flowering black cumin) was observed on a plot of land in Parcé-sur-Sarthe in early July by Esther Servain, a master's student in ecology interning at the National Botanical Conservatory of Brest. Once widespread, the flower, which grows in dry, calcareous fields, has become increasing…

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Reporterre, le quotidien de l'écologie… broke the news on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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