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White Mignonette - Reseda alba

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White Mignonette White Mignonette - Reseda alba dylan Bristol 27 Apr 2022, 8:34 p.m. 27 Apr 2022, 5:17 p.m.
White Mignonette White Mignonette - Reseda alba dylan Bristol 27 Apr 2022, 8:34 p.m. 27 Apr 2022, 5:17 p.m.
White Mignonette White Mignonette - Reseda alba dylan Bristol 27 Apr 2022, 8:34 p.m. 27 Apr 2022, 5:17 p.m.
White Mignonette White Mignonette - Reseda alba dylan Bristol 27 Apr 2022, 8:34 p.m. 27 Apr 2022, 5:17 p.m.
White Mignonette White Mignonette - Reseda alba dylan Bristol 27 Apr 2022, 8:34 p.m. 27 Apr 2022, 5:18 p.m.
White Mignonette White Mignonette - Reseda alba dylan Bristol 27 Apr 2022, 8:34 p.m. 27 Apr 2022, 5:18 p.m.

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Species Description

Stace 4:

Reseda alba L. - White Mignonette.

Glabrous annual to perennial; stem well branched, erect to ascending, to 75cm; leaves pinnately lobed; sepals and (white) petals 5-6; capsule 6-15mm, of 4 carpels; (2n=20). Neophyte-naturalised; casual on waste ground, often near sea, occasionally persisting (naturalised in Monmouthshire since 1968) but less common than formerly; very scattered in British Isles North to Central Scotland; South Europe.

Key:

  • At least upper and middle leaves deeply pinnately lobed
  • Carpels 4; petals white; filaments persistent until fruit ripe; seeds tuberculate