It was believed to have been extinct in the Sarthe region: the last sighting of this small white flower with five petals dates back to 1879. The field nigella was rediscovered 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 thrives in dry, calcareous fields, has become increasingly scarce across the country, particularly due to the intensification of agricultural practices such as deep plowing and the use of herbicides. Listed as critically endangered nationally, two-thirds of its specimens have been lost since 1970.
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This discovery is a ray of hope, responded the National Botanical Conservatory of Brest: “Thanks to favorable agricultural practices, the nigella now grows alongside other harvest flowers such as the dubious poppy, the tall poppy, or the bastard toadflax!” The institution encourages locals to report any sightings of field nigella they might encounter elsewhere in the department.
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