Reseda aucheri Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1, 1: 5. l844: Hook. f. & Thomson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 181. 1872.

Herbs, biennial or perennial, 20 - 60 cm tall; stems erect, branched, glabrous to sparsely papillose. Leaves obovate to lanceolate, tapering to a long petiole at base, acute or obtuse at apex, entire, 4 - 7 x 0.5 - 2.5 cm, sparsely pilose along margins and on veins. Flowers small, yellowish, in dense terminal 8 - 30 cm long racemes; bracts linear-lanceolate, 2 - 4 mm long. Sepals 6 - 7, obtuse or acute, 1.5 - 2 x ca 0.5 mm, caducous. Petals yellow or cream yellow, 8 -10 (-15)-lobed; lobes linear to spathulate, rarely divided up to base; appendage suborbicular to obovate, asperulous at margins. Disc ca 1 mm high, ca 1.5 mm wide, recurved along margins. Stamens ca 15, longer than petals; filaments persistent. Capsules oblong or ovoid, contracted and with 3 acute lobes at apex, 7 - 8.5 mm long. Seeds reniform, 0.7 - 1 mm long, brown to shiny black, rugose to scrobiculate.

Fl. & Fr. Feb. - April.

Distrib. India: Western India in sandy and hilly places. Rajasthan and Gujarat.

Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Egypt.