WILD MIGNONETTE

Reseda Lutea

Mignonette Family [Resedaceae]

22nd June 2007, Waste Lands, Salford, Manchester.

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A short plant up to 18inches tall, like a range of small toy rockets ready to launch. The flowers are much bushier around the stem in comparison to those of Weld.

22nd June 2007, Waste Lands, Salford, Manchester.

Photo: © RWD

Flowers are creamy green and clustered together on the upper half of the stem

22nd June 2007, Waste Lands, Salford, Manchester.

Photo: © RWD

Flowers on short 1inch stalks, nodding slightly downwards.

22nd June 2007, Waste Lands, Salford, Manchester.

Photo: © RWD

29th May 2010, Hodbarrpw, Millom, Cumbria.

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Several off-white petals, two of them in pairs separated by a very thin petal, loom upwards mainly at the top of each flower.

29th May 2010, Hodbarrpw, Millom, Cumbria.

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Main lime-green stem ridged; flower stalks angular. Six very narrow green sepals cup the flower behind. A cluster of anthers with greeny cream pollen droop downwards.

29th May 2010, Hodbarrpw, Millom, Cumbria.

Photo: © RWD

Several deeply divided off-white petals sprout from the edge of a white-fringed lime-green disc.

22nd June 2007, Waste Lands, Salford, Manchester.

Photo: © RWD

Leaves are narrow linear, and highly crinkled, reminiscent of 'V'-shaped aluminium tent pegs that have been repeatedly bent in different places and partially-successful attempts have been made at straightening them by hand.

22nd June 2007, Waste Lands, Salford, Manchester.

Photo: © RWD

The deep mid-green leaves have fine 'junior-hacksaw'-type teeth on the edges.

Easily confused with : Weld but Wild Mignonette is much shorter, and also wider in proportion.

Some similarities to Musk Orchid - the flowers of both are pale cream with pointed fingers. Both are similar heights, but the leaves are totally different; the basal leaves of Musk Orchid being broad and tapeeingto a point.

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Distribution
family8Mignonette family8Resedacaea

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