Reseda lanceolata Lag.
Family: RESEDACEAE
Genus: Reseda
Catalan common name: Galdó lanceolat.
Spanish common name: Gualdón lanceolado .
Province distribution: Alacant.
General distribution (Phytogeography): Western Mediterranean
Plants protected by law: País Valencià Catalogue.
IUCN Category: Not evaluated
Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Life-forms: Biennial. Hemicryptophyte.
Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Nitrophilous herbaceous communities on disturbed soils in arid areas.
Characteristics: Annual or biennial herb, glabrous and glaucous. Stems 20-50 cm, erect, scarcely branched. Leaves alternate, entire, ovate-lanceolate (sometimes trilobed). Inflorescence lax. Flowers erect on pedicels up to 10 mm, with whitish petals, the upper ones divided into 3 lobes, and numerous stamens, longer than the petals, with yellowish anthers. Capsule cylindrical, trigonous, 15-30 mm, erect, with 3 apical teeth. Seeds 1 mm, ovoid, black.