Other common names:
Mignonette, Wild Mignonette, Yellow Cut-leaved Mignonette, Yellow Mignonette Family: Mignonette Family (Resedaceae) Similar species:
Yellow-flowered Lettuce species
White Upright Mignonette (Reseda alba)
Flowers: Summer; Yellow; Yellow or pale yellow racemes. Leaves:
Deeply lobed, with narrow lobes. Habitat: Fields and Open Areas; Fields. Native/Non-native:
Non-native Status:
uncommon.
Notes:
I have found this plant in only one site in Ontario. White Upright Mignonette (Reseda alba) also occurs in Ontario.
Photographs:
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Some racemes of flowers.
Closer view of one raceme.
Closeup of the flowers.
Some paler flowers, late in the season (October).
Closeup view of these paler flowers.
One patch of Yellow Upright Mignonette.
Yellow Upright Mignonette seeds forming.
A typical leaf. Note the deep and narrow lobes. Resembles some of the lettuces.