Resedaceae
Yellow mignonette
Reseda lutea
- Family
- Resedaceae
- Genus
- Reseda
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Common names
By language (30)
- Arabic
- بليحاء صفراء, حصادة, خُزَام الصبَّاغين, وِيبَه
- Armenian
- Հափրուկ դեղին
- arz
- بليحاء صفراء
- azb
- ائششک خشخاشی
- Basque
- Hereze
- Belarusian
- Рэзеда жоўтая
- Bulgarian
- Жълта резеда
- Chinese
- 黄木樨草, 细叶木犀草, 黄木犀草, 细叶木樨草
- Czech
- Rýt žlutý
- Danish
- Gul Reseda
- Dutch
- Wilde reseda
- English
- Yellow mignonette, Dyer's rocket, Dyers weld, Weld, Wild mignonette
- Estonian
- Kollane reseeda
- Finnish
- Keltareseda
- French
- Réséda, Réséda jaune, Réséda bâtard, Réséda sauvage
- German
- Gelbe Wau, Gelbe Rauke, Gelbe Reseda, Gelbe Resede, Gelber Wau
- Hebrew
- רכפה צהובה
- hsb
- Žołty róžat
- Hungarian
- Vadrezeda
- Irish
- Buí beag
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Byreseda
- os
- Тбайыхос
- Persian
- اسپرک زرد
- Polish
- Rezeda żółta
- Russian
- Резеда жёлтая, Резеда желтая
- Slovak
- Rezeda žltá
- Slovenian
- Rumeni katanec
- Spanish
- Sosiega-amiga, Gualdón, Pacífica
- Swedish
- Gulreseda
- Welsh
- Melengu wyllt ddi-sawr
Synonyms
- Reseda mucronulata Guss.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to July, September (from 1,494 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Irene Saltini, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Uschi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Uschi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: MichellePrice_CJBG, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: TeunSpaans at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benjamin Flatt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeke Marshall, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bonnie Isaac, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.