Isatis

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Isatis
Isatis tinctoria
Isatis tinctoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Isatis
Species

About 30 species, including:
Isatis boissieriana
Isatis glauca
Isatis tinctoria
others (see text)

Isatis (Í-sa-tis) is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to the Mediterranean region east to central Asia. The genus includes woad (Isatis tinctoria).