English: Dyer's Woad

German: Färber-Waid

Mandarin: 菘蓝 (song lan)

Portuguese: Pastel-dos-tintureiros

Kingdom: Plantae (2092)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (1999)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (1685)

      Order: Capparales (29)

        Family: Brassicaceae (23) (family description)

          Genus: Isatis (1)

           Epithet: tinctoria L. (2)

Synonym: Isatis alpina Vill.

alpina => from the Alps

tinctoria => used for dyeing.

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

Check for Isatis tinctoria at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI

• [1010] Isatis tinctoria - Plants For A Future
• [2067] Isatis tinctoria - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.

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