Wild Mignonette - Reseda lutea
Alternative names
Mignonette
Description
A medium to tall, branched, bushy, hairless plant. Leaves mostly small, pinnately lobed with one or two pairs of lobes on each side. Flowers pale yellow with 6 sepals and petals borne in terminal spikes.
Identification difficulty

Habitat
Disturbed, waste and cultivated land, usually on calcareous soils
When to see it
June to September.
Life History
Biennial or perennial.
UK Status
Widespread but occasional in Britain, and scarce in many areas except in southern and eastern England.
VC55 Status
Not particularly common in Leicestershire + Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 70 of the 617 tetrads.
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