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| Common names: | Common mignonette (English) |
| Frequency: | Rare? |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Annual herb to 30 cm. Leaves mostly simple, entire, oblanceolate. Flowers in fragrant, many-flowered, conical, terminal racemes; bracts persistent. Sepals 6. Petals 1.5-2.5 mm, yellow, 6 with numerous small lobes. Fruit pendulous, oblong, rugose. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | odorata: odorous, fragrant |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native of Egypt and eastern Libya; naturalized elsewhere. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Brickell, C. (ed.) (1996). Royal Horticultural Society: A-Z of Garden Plants Dorling Kindersley Ltd, London Page 863. (Includes a picture). Maroyi, A. (2006). Preliminary checklist of introduced and naturalized plants in Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(2) Page 237. Taylor, P. (1960). Resedaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Page 245. |
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