Common name: Weld
Reseda luteola L. APNI* 
Description: Perennial to 1.5 m high.
Leaves unlobed or with basal teeth; lower leaves linear to ± oblong, 7–15 cm long, 2–9 mm wide.
Spike to 60 cm long, bracts persistent. Petals mostly 4, 3–5 mm long, pale yellowish; upper petal 5–7-lobed, lateral ones mostly 3-lobed, lower petal absent or unlobed. Stamens to one side of ovary, filaments persistent.
Capsule ± globose, 5 mm long.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Weed of waste places, pastures and crops. Native from Eur. to Afghanistan. Formerly cultivated to produce a yellow dye.
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *SC, *NT, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS, *NWP, *SWP
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *Tas. *W.A. *S.A.
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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