''Reseda lutea'', the yellow mignonette or wild mignonette, is a species of fragrant

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flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

. Its leaves and flowers have been used to make a yellow dye called "weld" since the

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, although the related plant ''

Reseda luteola ''Reseda luteola'' is a flowering plant species in the family Resedaceae. Common names include dyer's rocket, dyer's weed, weld, woold, and yellow weed. A native of Europe and Western Asia, the plant can also be found in North America as an int ...

'' was more widely used for that purpose. A native of Eurasia and North Africa, the plant is present on other continents as an

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and a common

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. In Australia it is a

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and pest of agricultural crops.

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lutea Flora of Europe Flora of the Canary Islands Flora of North Africa Flora of temperate Asia Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Brassicales-stub