Reseda inodora, Reichenb.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 348

12. R. inodora Reichenb. , Icon. FI. Germ. 2: 22 (1838).

Biennial or perennial 20-60 cm. Stems erect, branched above. Leaves mostly 50-80 x 7-12 mm, lanceolate, erect, some of the upper with 1-2 pairs of lateral lobes and a large terminal lobe. Bracts 3 mm; pedicels 5-8 mm, patent. Sepals finally 5 mm; petals 3 mm, the upper with limb inserted dorsally on the claw above the middle; limb sessile, digitate, with c. 11-17 linearoblanceolate segments. Orientation of capsule variable. Tilled ground and waste places. • S.E. Europe, westwards to N.E. Italy. Bu Hu It Ju Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) [Ho].

Similar plants from S. Jugoslavia and N. Greece ( R. inodora var. macrocarpa Fischer & Meyer ), which perhaps deserve specific rank, differ in often being papillose and in having stems 20-30 cm, sometimes ascending. They also resemble 13 and R. alopecuros Boiss. from S.W. Asia.