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Thursday 25 February 2016

Yellow mignonette or wild mignonette - Reseda lutea L. - Cyprus


Reseda lutea, the yellow mignonette or wild mignonette, is a species of fragrant herbaceous plant. Its roots have been used to make a yellow dye called "weld" since the first millennium BC, although the related plant Reseda luteola was more widely used for that purpose.

A native of Eurasia and North Africa, the plant is present on other continents as an introduced species and a common weed. In Australia it is a noxious weed and pest of agricultural crops.
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Photos Geri 11/4/2015 by George Konstantinou




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