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…