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The Dyer's mignonette (Reseda luteola) belongs to the family Resedaceae. It is a biennial herb that is distributed from Europe to North Africa and western Asia. It has become naturalized in North America and Australia. It grows in meadows, fields, wastelands, and along roadsides, and is 60 to 150 cm tall. The lower leaves are linear to elliptic, single or pinnately compound. From late spring to early summer, it produces a long raceme at the top of the stem, which produces small pale yellow flowers. There are almost always four petals. The seeds are used to make a bright yellow dye, which was used as early as 1000 B.C.
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