Image to followAI-generated illustrationReseda lutea
Reseda lutea
FamilyGenus: Resedanative in Germany
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Interactions
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Host relationships
Species
About this species
A herbaceous plant of sunny, dry, calcareous habitats, not native to Great Britain.
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PollinationLarval hostFlower visit
Ecological significance
Low disturbance tolerance; associated with calcareous dry grasslands. No specific impact data available for Great Britain.
Annual cycle
Flowering occurs from May to August.
Standort & Merkmale
Light
Sonne
Moisture
Trocken
Soil
Mittelzehrer (Normaler Boden)
Flowering period
Mai – Aug
Soil reaction
Basisch / Kalkhold
Bioregion
Continental
Growth form
Krautige Pflanze
Woodiness
Nicht verholzt
Leaf type
Breitblättrig
Plant height
0.392 m
Morphological traits: TRY ID3 (CC BY 3.0) & TRY ID81 (CC BY)
Pollen
0.1378 mg/Blüte
Pflege & Anbau
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Light: full sun
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Soil: dry, calcareous to neutral, moderately fertile
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Watering: very low once established
Scientific profile
Reseda lutea is a non-woody, broad-leaved herbaceous plant that reaches a height of around 0.4 metres. It favours full sun and dry, calcareous to moderately fertile soils, and shows low tolerance of disturbance. The flowers appear from May to August. It forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations and has a diaspore mass of about 0.72 mg. The species is naturally distributed across Europe, North Africa and tropical Asia, but is not native in Great Britain.
Pollinators & visitors
66 Arten interagieren mit dieser Pflanze
Colletes similisBombus hypnorumBombus lucorumBombus pratorumSphecodes gibbusNomada panzeriHalictus rubicundusHylaeus communisSphecodes hyalinatusLasioglossum laevigatumAndrena dorsataBombus hortorumAndrena nigroaeneaAndrena nitidaAndrena flavipesApis melliferaAndrena subopacaAndrena chrysoscelesPieris brassicaeSphecodes puncticepsPolyommatus icarusLasioglossum fulvicorneBombus sylvarumHylaeus brevicornisAndrena minutuloidesAndrena haemorrhoaHalictus tumulorumLasioglossum pauxillumBombus jonellusBombus pascuorumLasioglossum malachurumAndrena cinerariaBombus lapidariusBombus terrestrisBombus sylvestrisAnthidium punctatumHylaeus angustatusHylaeus hyalinatusHylaeus leptocephalusNomada distinguendaCerceris rybyensisPolistes biglumisTrichodes apiariusHalictus maculatusSphecodes longulusSphecodes pellucidusAndrena pilipesSphaerophoria scriptaLasioglossum glabriusculumHylaeus pictipes
Host relationships
4 species use this plant as a host
Other flower visitors
3 other species visit the flowers
Sources & data origin
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
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•Baden-Böhm F, App M, Thiele J (2022) — The FloRes Database: A floral resources trait database for pollinator habitat-assessment generated by a multistep workflow. Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Dryad, DOI: 10.5061/dryad.djh9w0w29 (CC0)
•FloraWeb / BfN
•EIVE 1.0 — Dengler et al. (2023), DOI: 10.3897/VCS.98324 (CC BY 4.0)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•TRY Categorical Traits (ID3) — Kattge et al. (2012), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.3 (CC BY 3.0)
•TRY Global Spectrum (ID81) — Díaz et al. (2016/2021), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.81 (CC BY)
•Checklist Alien Plants Belgium — Verloove F (2023), Botanic Garden Meise (CC BY 4.0)
•Govaerts R et al. (2025) — World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) v14. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. DOI: 10.34885/xs7h-ze42 (CC BY 4.0)
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