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Wild Mignonette (Reseda luteola) (Nox)

Invasiveness Assessment | Impact Assessment | Potential Distribution | Present Distribution

Scientific name:Reseda luteola L.Photo: Wild Mignonette foliage and flower heads
Wild Mignonette foliage and flower heads

Common Name:

Wild Mignonette, Weld

Status:

Restricted in the Mallee, North Central, Wimmera, Glenelg-Hopkins, Corangamite, Port Phillip & Westernport (East and West), Goulburn Broken, North East, West Gippsland and East Gippsland CMAs.

Habitat:

Warm-temperate regions preferring calcareous soils and exposed, moderately dry sites (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). It has become a weed in neglected areas and occasionally establishes on cereal stubbles, lucerne, potato fields and newly sown pastures (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992).

Photo: Wild Mignonette plants
Wild Mignonette plants
Photo: Wild Mignonette flower heads
Wild Mignonette flower heads


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