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Accession Data:

Reseda lutea L.

  • Common Name: Yellow Mignonette
  • Family: Resedaceae Gray

  • Country of Origin: Eurasia, north Africa
  • Habitat: biennial or short-lived perennial of disturbed areas, basic soils

  • Uses: Leaves and flowers used to make a yellow dye called weld, although the species Reseda luteola is more widely used for this purpose.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 202300010
  • Source: Jardin Clermont-Ferrand index seminum
  • Provenance:
    Seed from 2021 index seminum of Jardin botanique de la Ville de Clermont-Ferrand, France. Sown Oct. 2021
  • Accession Date: 01-18-2023
  • Bench: 2102 - MED:Mediterranean B
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-08-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Brassicales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Resedaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023

References (internal):

  • Dye Plants
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Czechoslovakia / Netherlands / Poland / France / Portugal / Spain / Albania / Bulgaria / Greece / Italy / Romania / Sicilia / Yugoslavia / Belarus / Central European Russia / East European Russia / North European Russia / South European Russia / Northwest European Russia / Ukraine / Algeria / Egypt / Libya / Morocco / Tunisia / Madeira / Canary Is. / West Siberia / Turkmenistan / North Caucasus / Transcaucasus / Cyprus / Iran / Iraq / Lebanon-Syria / Palestine / Sinai / Turkey

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 22, 2017.
  2. Reseda lutea at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Friday, July 01, 2016.
  3. Reseda lutea at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 22, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:33:01 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Resedaceae

  • Reseda lutea
  • Reseda luteola
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