Family: Resedaceae
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