Common name:
Wild mignonette
Family:
Scientific name:
Reseda lutea
Main flower color:
Range:
England, Wales, southern Scotland and east Ireland
Height:
Up to 70 cm
Habitat:
Grassland, dunes and disturbed ground, often on calcareous soil
Flowers:
Small, greenish-yellow, with six narrow, spreading sepals, six similar-length petals, four of which are divided into lobes, and up to 20 pale yellow-tipped stamens, angled downwards. Flowers are attached by relatively long stalks, and arranged in an elongated cluster
Leaves:
Basal and cauline, pinnately divided into narrow, linear, wavy-edged lobes
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
