Reseda alba L.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Resedaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Erect, taprooted annual or perennial to 8 dm, glabrous and somewhat glaucous; lvs pinnately parted into several linear-oblong, evenly distributed, acute segments; fls greenish-white, fragrant; pet 5 or 6, commonly with 3 distinct or basally connate appendages, the central one the smallest; filaments persistent into fr; ovary and fr usually with 4 apical lobes; 2n=20. Waste places; Me. and O. to Del.; intr. from the Mediterranean region.