Reseda lutea
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Reseda lutea or Wild Mignonette is a species of fragrant herbaceous
plant. Its roots have been used to make a yellow dye called "weld" since the first millennium BC, although the related plant Reseda luteola
was more widely used for that purpose.
A native of Eurasia and North Africa, the plant is present on other continents as an introduced species
and a common weed
. In Australia it is a noxious weed and pest of agricultural crops.
Herbaceous
A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
plant. Its roots have been used to make a yellow dye called "weld" since the first millennium BC, although the related plant Reseda luteola
Reseda luteola
Reseda luteola is a plant species in the genus Reseda. Common names include dyer's rocket, dyer's weed, weld, woold, and yellow weed...
was more widely used for that purpose.
A native of Eurasia and North Africa, the plant is present on other continents as an introduced species
Introduced species
An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...
and a common weed
Weed
A weed in a general sense is a plant that is considered by the user of the term to be a nuisance, and normally applied to unwanted plants in human-controlled settings, especially farm fields and gardens, but also lawns, parks, woods, and other areas. More specifically, the term is often used to...
. In Australia it is a noxious weed and pest of agricultural crops.