''Reseda phyteuma'', common name rampion mignonette or corn mignonette, is a species of flowering plant in the family Resedaceae.

Description

''Reseda phyteuma'' can reach a height of . It is an annual or perennial plant with erect stems, branched at the base. Leaves are entire, the upper ones with two lateral lobes. The

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, which may take up most of the upper stem, is densely packed with many greenish-white flowers with six petals. They bloom from April to September.

Distribution

''Reseda phyteuma'' is present from

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and

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. It is naturalized in Britain.

Habitat

This species can be found in wasteland, walls and vineyards at elevation of above sea level.

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phyteuma ''Phyteuma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, native to Europe and Morocco. The common name is rampion, a name shared with the related plant ''Campanula rapunculus''. Rampion features prominently in some versions of t ...

Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Brassicales-stub