Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Wild Mignonette, Reseda lutea, Buí beag
Photographs: Co. Wexford

Wild Mignonette
Reseda lutea
Buí beag
Family: Resedaceae

Flowering time: May-September. Perennial / biennial. Probably introduced

Spikes of unscented yellow-green flowers with 6 petals and sepals. The basal leaf rosette is once or twice pinnate and there are many stem leaves. Erect and/or sprawling ribbed stems. Height 30-70cm.

Grows on well-drained soils on sandy waste ground, roadsides, dis-used quarries, limestone and on dunes. Mainly in eastern Ireland.

Similar: Weld, Reseda luteola

Wild Mignonette, Reseda lutea, Buí beag
Wild Mignonette, Reseda lutea, Buí beag

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