Common name: Weld
Scientific name: Reseda luteola 淡黃木犀草
Genus: Reseda 木樨草屬, 木犀草屬
Family: Resedaceae 木樨草科, 木犀草科 mignonette family
Origin: Archaeophyte (established before 1500 AD). It has a Eurosiberian Southern-temperate distribution.
Date: 16th July
A tall plant, can reach up to 150 cm
Most of the leaves are simple and entire. Some are pinnately-lobed but the side-lobes are few and near the base of the leaf.
A very long raceme. Flowers open from the bottom first. The upper flowers start to bloom whereas the bottom ones are fruiting.
Flowers 4-5mm across. There are 4 sepals and petals. Back and side petals (cream structures) are deeply-cut and forked into strips.
Fruits in form of spherical capsules are forming at the bottom of this raceme.
seeds could be seen inside the split open fruits (21st July)
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