Asperula tinctoria
| dyer's woodruff | |
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| Asperula tinctoria in flower | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Asperula |
| Species: | A. tinctoria |
| Binomial name | |
| Asperula tinctoria L. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Asperula tinctoria, common name dyer's woodruff,[2] 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.[1][3][4][5][6]
Uses
The root is used by the ancient Greeks and Romans to make a red dye for clothing, but is less productive than the more widely used madder Rubia tinctorum.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist for Selected Plant Families, Asperula tinctoria
- ↑ NaturGate (Helsinki Finland), Dyers Woodruff
- ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 104. Asperula tinctoria
- ↑ 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.; Thurston, H. T.; Moore, F., eds. (1905). "Woodruff". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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