Reseda lutea
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Resedaceae |
Genus: | Reseda |
Species: | R. lutea
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Binomial name | |
Reseda lutea |
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Reseda lutea - MHNT
Reseda lutea, the yellow mignonette[1] or wild mignonette, is a species of fragrant herbaceous plant. Its leaves and flowers have been used to make a yellow dye called "weld" since the first millennium BC, although the related plant Reseda luteola was more widely used for that purpose.
A native of Eurasia and North Africa, the plant is present on other continents as an introduced species and a common weed. In Australia it is a noxious weed and pest of agricultural crops.
References[]
- ^ "Reseda lutea". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
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Categories:
- Reseda (plant)
- Flora of the United Kingdom
- Plants described in 1753
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Brassicales stubs