Reseda Lutea Pictures, Images and Stock Photos

This is a wildflower bank alongside a road in Mitcham, Surrey. Regarding the prominent yellow flower, lady's bedstraw, legend relates that Our Lady the Virgin Mary prepared the manger in Bethlehem with bedstraw. This herb's honey-scented flowers and hay-scented dried foliage were traditionally used as mattress stuffing. In the Middle Ages it was used to colour lady's hair, giving rise to the alternative name 'maid's hair'. In the background is wild mignonette ((Reseda lutea)), and a large dock plant.

Antique illustration of a Medicinal and Herbal Plants.

Reseda lutea grows like a weed in the field

Reseda lutea grows like a weed in the field

Autumn flowers (Resedaceae, Fabaceae): a) Yellow mignonette (Reseda lutea); b) Melilot (Melilotus officinalis). Chromolithograph after a drawing by Jenny Schermaul (Czech painter (1828 - 1909), published in 1886.

Flowers of a yellow mignonette (Reseda lutea)

Reseda luteola et Reseda lutea

Useful and medicinal plants, top: Tall yellow sweetclover (Melilotus altissimus, or Melilotus altissima), a-plant, b-blossom, c-stamen in the calyx, d-stamen, e-pistil, f+g-pod; Lettuce (Lactuca sativa), a-plant, b-single blossom, c-fruit; Prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola, or Lactuca scariola); Yarrow (Achillea millefolium), a+b-plant, c-blossom (cross section), d-ray bloom, e-disc floret, f-fruit; Hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana, or Alyssum incanum), a-flowering twigs, b-blossom, c-opened fruit. Below: Marsh woundwort (Stachys palustris), a-root and stem, b-blossom, c-calyx (cross section), d-fruit calyx; Fringed water lily (Nymphoides peltata, or Lamnanthemum nymphaeodes), a-plant with leaves, buds, and blossoms, b-floating leaf (scaled down), c-blossom, d-fruit; Field mint (Mentha arvensis), a-flowering plant, b-hermaphrodite flower, c-female blossom with stunted stamens, d-böossom (cross section); Wild mignonette (Reseda lutea), a+b-plant, c-blossom (enlarged), d-blossom and fruit of the garden mignonette (Reseda odorata). Wood engravings, published in 1884.

Reseda lutea yellow inflorescence

Reseda lutea yellow inflorescence

Reseda lutea yellow inflorescence

Wild mignonette Spring wild European flower

The bright yellow blossom of a Reseda lutea, formerly used for dying. Photograph taken near Gundelfingen, Bavaria, Germany.

Wild mignonette is a self-fertile wildflower that is noted for attracting wildlife. In particular, a clump of these flowers will attract bees, and it is a noted food plant for Pieris white butterflies. It is closely related to weld, a plant used in the vegetable dye industry.

Reseda lutea grows like a weed in the field

Reseda lutea grows like a weed in the field

Reseda lutea grows like a weed in the field

Reseda lutea grows like a weed in the field

Reseda lutea grows like a weed in the field

Reseda lutea grows like a weed in the field

Reseda lutea yellow inflorescence

Wild mignonette (Reseda lutea) is a self-fertile wildflower that is noted for attracting wildlife. In particular, a clump of these flowers will attract bees, and it is a noted food plant for Pieris white butterflies. It is closely related to weld, a plant used in the vegetable dye industry.

Reseda lutea yellow inflorescence

Reseda lutea in bloom

Reseda lutea in bloom

Reseda lutea in bloom

Reseda lutea in bloom

Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved and Hand Colored Victorian Botanical Illustration of Wild Mignonnette, Reseda Lutea, 1863 Plants. Plate 162, Published in 1863. Source: Original edition from my own archives. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored.

Yellow or wild mignonette plant isolated on white in spring, Reseda lutea

Reseda lutea yellow inflorescence

Reseda lutea in bloom

Reseda lutea yellow inflorescence

Wild mignonette is a self-fertile wildflower that is noted for attracting wildlife. In particular, a clump of these flowers will attract bees, and it is a noted food plant for (Pieris) white butterflies. It is closely related to weld, a plant used in the vegetable dye industry. This photograph provides a good illustration of how graveyards can be good for the conservation of wild flower populations.

The Reseda lutea, the yellow mignonette or wild mignonette

A Red bug is in a white Reseda Lutea flowering plant

Reseda lutea yellow inflorescence

Reseda lutea yellow inflorescence

Selective focus of wild grass flower in meadow in spring, Reseda lutea or the yellow mignonette or wild mignonette is a species of fragrant herbaceous plant, Nature floral background.

Selective focus of wild grass flower in meadow in spring, Reseda lutea or the yellow mignonette or wild mignonette is a species of fragrant herbaceous plant, Nature floral background.

Selective focus of wild grass flower in meadow in spring, Reseda lutea or the yellow mignonette or wild mignonette is a species of fragrant herbaceous plant, Nature floral background.

Selective focus of wild grass flower in meadow in spring, Reseda lutea or the yellow mignonette or wild mignonette is a species of fragrant herbaceous plant, Nature floral background.

Selective focus of wild grass flower in meadow in spring, Reseda lutea or the yellow mignonette or wild mignonette is a species of fragrant herbaceous plant, Nature floral background.

Selective focus of wild grass flower in meadow in spring, Reseda lutea or the yellow mignonette or wild mignonette is a species of fragrant herbaceous plant, Nature floral background.

Vintage engraved illustration isolated on white background - Dyer's rocket (Reseda lutea)

It is middle of spring (April) and fragrant reseda lutea, the yellow mignonette or wild mignonette flourished. The cluster of flowers has a conical appearance, and the tiny flowers a tender, very beautiful appearance. Its leaves and flowers have been used to make a yellow dye called "weld" since the first millennium BC

Resade flower. Reseda lutea (Wild Mignonette)

Wild mignonette is a self-fertile wildflower that is noted for attracting wildlife. In particular, a clump of these flowers will attract bees, and it is a noted food plant for Pieris white butterflies. It is closely related to weld, a plant used in the vegetable dye industry.

Scenic natural closeup on yellow flowering mignonette wildlflower plant, Reseda lutea, in a meadow

Closeup of yellow flowering wild mignonette plants in a Dutch nature reserve. The photo was taken on a sunny day in the summer season.

Reseda lutea grows like a weed in the field

Reseda lutea grows like a weed in the field

Reseda lutea grows like a weed in the field

Vintage color illustration isolated on white background - Dyer's rocket (Reseda lutea)