Wildflowers of the Stuttgart Area
Genista tinctoria
| Family : | LEGUMINOSAE/FABACEAE (Pea Family) |
| Common Name (UK) : | Dyer's Greenweed |
| Common Name (DE) : | Färberginster |
| Common Name (FR) : | Genêt des teinturiers |
| Other Scientific Name : | Lathyrus linifolius |
| Habitat : | Prairies, forests, clearings, grasslands, slopes. |
| Remarks : | "All parts of the plant, but especially the flowering tops, yield a good yellow dye, and from the earliest times have been used by dyers for producing this colour, especially for wool; combined with woad, an excellent green is yielded, the colour being fixed with alum, cream of tartar and sulphate of lime. In some parts of England, the plant used to be collected in large quantities by the poor and sold to the dyers." from Botanical.com Introduced to the U.S. |
| First appearing : | June |
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