Reseda phvteuma, L.

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

10. R. phvteuma L. , Sp. PI. 449 (1753).

Annual or biennial 10- 50 cm, with ascending branches near the base. Leaves 50-100 x 5-15 mm, spathulate, long-cuneate, sometimes some with l(-2) lobes on each side. Bracts 2-5-3 mm. Sepals accrescent, 3- 4-5 x c. 0-75 mm at anthesis, 5-13 x 1-25—1-5(—3-5) mm in fruit; petals 3-5 mm, white, the upper with claw investing disc; limb inserted dorsally on the claw below the middle, stipitate, the lateral lobes pinnatifid, each with 5-9 linear-oblanceolate segments. Capsule 13-14 x 5-5-9 mm, nodding, obovoid-cylindrical. Cultivated and disturbed ground. S. Europe, extending northwards to 47° N. in France. Al BI Co G a G r He Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm [Au Br Cz Ge Ho].