Citation: L., Amoen. Acad. 3:51 (1756).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Sweet mignonette, common mignonette.

Description:
Annual or subperennial, erect or sprawling, to 80 cm high, branching from the base, stems prominently ribbed, ribs sparsely scabrous or with scattered hairs; leaves entire or 1-3-lobed, shortly petiolate, margins and mid-veins scabrous or with scattered hairs, margins pale, oblanceolate-elliptic.

Sepals 6, persistent; petals 6, white or pale-yellow; superior petal deeply incised, 9-14-partite, lobes more or less linear; lateral petals deeply 6-10-partite, linear-spathulate; stamens 20-22, filaments deciduous.

Capsule 3-angied, apical teeth 3, glabrous or scabrous on the margins; seeds reniform, 1.75-2 mm long, dull, rugose.

	Reseda odorata
Image source: fig 224d in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:  Sparingly naturalised in S.Aust. S.Aust.: EP, NL, YP, SL.   Native in the south-eastern Mediterranean, widely cultivated as a scented garden plant. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: May, Aug. — Jan. (6 records only).

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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