Resedaceae
White upright mignonette
Reseda alba
- Family
- Resedaceae
- Genus
- Reseda
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Common names
By language (19)
- aeb
- بعبوص خروف
- Arabic
- بليحاء بيضاء, ذيل الخروف, سمسم بري, قرنفل
- ary
- شوال لخروف
- arz
- بليحاء بيضاء
- Azerbaijani
- Ağ əspərək
- Chinese
- 白木犀草, 白木樨草
- Croatian
- Bijeli katanac
- Czech
- Rýt bílý
- Dutch
- Witte reseda
- English
- White upright mignonette, White mignonette
- Finnish
- Valkoreseda
- German
- Weißer Wau, Weiße Resede
- Hebrew
- רכפה לבנה
- hsb
- Běły róžat
- kab
- Taṣeṭṭa n wayrad
- Spanish
- Pimentonera, Tereianthes alba, Tereianthes fruticosa, Tereianthes undata, Tereianthus suffruticulosus
- Swedish
- Vitreseda
- Walloon
- Blanke rezete, Blanke cawe-di-bedot
- Welsh
- Melengu wen
Synonyms
- Eresda alba (L.) Spach
Flowers
- In flower
- February to May (from 477 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: froggymum, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: paulchallinor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ioannis Magouras, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Vasileia Sef, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bob Walker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kostas Zontanos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.