| Dyer's woodruff | |
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| Asperula tinctoria in flower | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Asperula |
| Species: | A. tinctoria |
| Binomial name | |
| Asperula tinctoria L. | |
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Asperula tinctoria, common name dyer's woodruff, is a plant in the family Rubiaceae, a native of much of northern and central Europe from France to Russia and also of Western Siberia.
Uses
The root was used by the ancient Greeks and Romans to make a red dye for clothing, but was less productive than the more widely used madder Rubia tinctorum.
References
- ^ Kew World Checklist for Selected Plant Families, Asperula tinctoria
- "Dyer's Woodruff, Asperula tinctoria - Flowers - NatureGate". luontoportti.com. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
- Linné, Carl von; Salvius, Lars (1753). Caroli Linnaei ... Species plantarum :exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas... Vol. 1. Holmiae: Impensis Laurentii Salvii.
- Hylander, Nils. 1945. Uppsala Universitets Arsskrift 7: 298, Galium triandrum
- Soó von Bere, Károly Rezsö. 1974. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 85: 435, Asperula tinctoria subsp. hungarorum
- Jávorka, Sándor. 1925. Magyar Flóra 1037, Asperula hungarorum
- Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Woodruff" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
External links
- Botanik im Bild / Flora von Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, Rubiaceae / Asperula tinctoria, Färber-Meier
- Altervissta Flora Italiana, Asperula tinctoria
- Flore Alpes (Fouillouse France), Aspérule des teinturiers, Asperula tinctoria
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| Asperula tinctoria |
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