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Bayer Code : resme

Scientific name: Reseda media Lagasca


Synonym(s) of Sc. name:

Common name: Resedaceae, Dicotyledonous

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Classification: mignonette

Name per country: DE : Mittlere Reseda ; ES : reseda mediana ; FR : réséda intermédiaire ; IT : reseda media ; PT : reseda-brava ; EN : mignonette ;

Biological type: Annual, Biennial


Seedling:

-Cotyledons oblong, spoon shaped.

-Leaves entire lanceolate more or less dentate.


Adult plant snapshot Adult plant:

-Height : 20-40 cm.

-Stem often branched from the base, recumbent or erect, angular, pubescent and slightly rough.

-Leaves entire and pinnipartite, the upper and middle leaves attenuate or rounded at the base. Entire, spatulate, oblong; the others pinnatipartite with very large terminal segment, 2-8 (or more) segments, lanceolate, rounded on top.

-Flowers whitish, small, irregular, within raceme with oblong end. 6 sepals a little accrescent and 6 petals, the upper lamina digitate. 20 stamens, with filaments not dilated at top.

-Fruits : capsules bent, large (13x8 mm), elliptical, obovate, with 3 acuminate teeth, seeds kidney-shaped, swollen, yellowish.

- Biological type : annual or biennial.

Mistake with: Reseda phyteuma


Ecological profile (click on flags): Spain   Present     Portugal  Present    

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