yellow mignonette

Reseda lutea

Summary 2

Reseda lutea or wild mignonette is a species of fragrant herbaceous plant. Its roots 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.

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  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reseda_lutea

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iNat Map

Veg typ ruderalflora
Color white, yellow
Taxonomy:family Resedaceae