Reseda decursivaForssk.

WFO wfo-0000462586 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Reseda decursiva, photographed by Mehdi Chetibi
fig. a Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-03-25 / obs. 117388253
Reseda decursiva, photographed by Mehdi Chetibi
fig. b Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 117388289
Reseda decursiva, photographed by Mehdi Chetibi
fig. c Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 117388341

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Reseda decursiva is native: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai AlgeriaEgyptLibyaMoroccoTunisiaIranIraqKuwaitLebanon-SyriaPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinai
Native distribution of Reseda decursiva, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Iran IRN ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iraq IRQ
Kuwait KUW
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Egypt EGY
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 15 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Reseda alba subsp. decursiva (Forssk.) Maire
  • Reseda alba subsp. trigyna (Batt.) Greuter & Burdet
  • Reseda alba var. eremophila (Boiss.) Maire
  • Reseda alba var. propinqua (R.Br.) Maire
  • Reseda alba var. trigyna (Batt.) Maire
  • Reseda alba var. trimera Maire & Sennen
  • Reseda decursiva var. eremophila (Boiss.) Maire
  • Reseda decursiva var. foliosa (Post) Hand.-Mazz.
  • Reseda decursiva var. propinqua (R.Br.) Maire
  • Reseda decursiva var. trigyna (Batt.) Maire
  • Reseda eremophila Boiss.
  • Reseda gayana var. trigyna Batt.
  • Reseda propinqua R.Br.
  • Reseda propinqua var. decursiva (Forssk.) Batt.
  • Reseda propinqua var. foliosa Post

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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