Resedaceae FAMILY

Reseda lutea

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Reseda lutea is a branched, erect to ascending, biennial to perennial plant growing from a deep taproot and with flowering stems around 30 - 85cm tall[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. , 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope - Britain to Portugal, eastwards through west Asia to Kazakhstan, Iran and Arabia; N. Africa; S. Africa

HabitatSlopes, dry hills, steppes, sandy, clayey, and stony soils, fields, roadsides, fallow fields, weedy places, amongst crops, vegetable gardens, vineyards, especially on limestone and chalky soils[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. , 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].