Reseda luteola L.

English: Dyer's Rocket

German: Färber-Wau

Portuguese: Erva-dos-ensalmos

Kingdom: Plantae (2713)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2628)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2216)

      Order: Brassicales (19)

        Family: Resedaceae (6)(family description)

          Genus: Reseda (4)

            Epithet: luteola L. (1)

Synonyms: Arkopoda luteola (L.) Raf., Luteola resedoides Fuss, Luteola tinctoria Webb & Berthel., Reseda biaui Pit., Reseda crispata Bertol., Reseda dimerocarpa (Müll.Arg.) Rouy & Foucaud, Reseda glauca Eichw., Reseda gussonei Boiss. & Reut., Reseda lutea (Boiss. & Reut.) Müll.Arg., Reseda luteola Müll.Arg., Reseda odorata Hegi, Reseda pseudovirens Friv. ex Hampe, Reseda salicifolia Gray, Reseda tinctoria Salisb., Reseda undulata Gilib., Reseda virescens Hornem.

glauca => greyish or bluish

gussonei => in honor of Giovanni Gussone (1787–1866), Italian botanist

lutea => distinct yellow, a full yellow

luteola => yellowly

odorata => sweet-smelling

salicifolia => having leaves like Salix (Willow)

tinctoria => used for dyeing.

undulata => wavy, with wavy margin

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: green, white

Check for Reseda luteola at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [805] Reseda luteola - Plants For A Future database

• [31] Canzobre, H.L., Samartín, L.A. (1998): Guía da flora do litoral galego. Edicións Xerais de Galicia, Vigo, Spain.