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Accession Data:

Reseda luteola L.

  • Common Name: Weld, Dyer's Rocket
  • Family: Resedaceae Gray

  • Country of Origin: Europe, western Asia
  • Habitat: Disturbed areas, waste places

  • Uses: Source of a yellow dye, weld, which has been in use since at least the first millennium BCE.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 202200005
  • Source: Jardin Clermont-Ferrand index seminum
  • Provenance: 
    Seed from 2021 index seminum of Jardin botanique de la Ville de Clermont-Ferrand, France. Item #478. Sown July 15 2021
  • Accession Date: 01-04-2022
  • Bench: 2102 - MED:Mediterranean B
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 01-08-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Brassicales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Resedaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022

References (internal):

  • Dye Plants

References (external):

data regenerated on Wed, 08 Jan 2025 15:15:36 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Resedaceae

  • Reseda lutea
  • Reseda luteola
W/C = Wild Collected
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