Family: Resedaceae

Reseda odorata (Common mignonette, sweet mignonette) is an herbaceous annual native to the Mediterranean Basin. The plant has long been kept as an ornamental plant for its fragrant flowers, the essential oil of which has been used in perfumes. This plant has not been documented as naturalized in any Hawaiian Islands to date.

High Risk Traits:

• Broad climate suitability
  
• Reported to be widely cultivated and naturalized (although generally described as a garden escape)
  
• Unconfirmed reports as a pasture weed
  
• Other Reseda species are invasive
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Self-fertile
  
• Annual life cycle, reaching maturity rapidly
  
• Seeds dispersed by ants, and through intentional cultivation

Low Risk Traits:

• No confirmed reports of negative impacts where naturalized
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Palatable to deer
  
• Grows in full sun to partial shade (dense shade may inhibit spread)
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively