Wild Mignonette (Reseda lutea) (22/05/2022) Footpath along river adjacent to A283 towards Shoreham-by-Sea (the other side of the flyover nearly into the start of Shoreham opposite the Amsterdam pub rounbabout, W Sussex. Nothing else quite like it. Its relative, Weld, has much narrower spikes.
Wild Mignonette (Reseda lutea) (22/05/2022) Footpath along river adjacent to A283 towards Shoreham-by-Sea (the other side of the flyover nearly into the start of Shoreham opposite the Amsterdam pub rounbabout, W Sussex.
Wild Mignonette (Reseda lutea) (22/05/2022) Footpath along river adjacent to A283 towards Shoreham-by-Sea (the other side of the flyover nearly into the start of Shoreham opposite the Amsterdam pub rounbabout, W Sussex. A mass of anthers.
Wild Mignonette (Reseda lutea) (22/05/2022) Footpath along river adjacent to A283 towards Shoreham-by-Sea (the other side of the flyover nearly into the start of Shoreham opposite the Amsterdam pub rounbabout, W Sussex. You can just about make out the chubby stigma in the centre of the anthers.
Wild Mignonette (Reseda lutea) (22/05/2022) Footpath along river adjacent to A283 towards Shoreham-by-Sea (the other side of the flyover nearly into the start of Shoreham opposite the Amsterdam pub rounbabout, W Sussex. Classic upper stem leaves, quite different to the linear (albeit wavy edged ones) of Weld.
Wild Mignonette (Reseda lutea) (22/05/2022) Footpath along river adjacent to A283 towards Shoreham-by-Sea (the other side of the flyover nearly into the start of Shoreham opposite the Amsterdam pub rounbabout, W Sussex. Lower stem leaf. Weld instead has a very leafy basal rosette of lanceolate crinkly leaves.