Reseda alba L.

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Resedaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Reseda alba L.

  • 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.