Common name: Cut-leaved Mignonette
Reseda lutea L. APNI* 
Description: Perennial 20–80 cm high.
Leaves 5–12 cm long, commonly 3-lobed, segments linear, 2–6 cm long.
Raceme to 40 cm long, bracts falling. Petals commonly 5, 5–6 mm long, cream, lobes variable; upper 2 petals 3- or 4-lobed, outer lobes falcate, inner lobes linear, winged claws ciliate; lateral petals usually with a linear and a falcate lobe; lower petals with 2 or 3 linear lobes. Stamens 14–18, evenly spaced around ovary, not persistent.
Capsule oblong, 10–15 mm long.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Weed of crops, pastures and waste places; native of Medit. to Asia.
NSW subdivisions: *CT, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *Tas. *W.A. *S.A.
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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