Asperula tinctoria
{{Short description|Species of plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|name = Dyer's woodruff
|image = Asperula tinctoria Marzanka barwierska 01.jpg
|image_caption = Asperula tinctoria in flower
|genus = Asperula
|species = tinctoria
|authority = L.
|synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=17159 Kew World Checklist for Selected Plant Families, Asperula tinctoria]
|synonyms = *Galium tinctorium (L.) Scop.
- Asterophyllum tinctorium (L.) Schimp. & Spenn. in F.C.L.Spenner
- Cynanchica tinctoria (L.) Fourr.
- Galium triandrum Hyl.
}}
Asperula tinctoria, common name dyer's woodruff,{{Cite web|title=Dyer's Woodruff, Asperula tinctoria - Flowers - NatureGate|url=https://luontoportti.com/en/t/1834|access-date=2021-10-08|website=luontoportti.com}} 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.{{Cite book|last1=Linné|first1=Carl von|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13829|title=Caroli Linnaei ... Species plantarum :exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas...|last2=Salvius|first2=Lars|date=1753|publisher=Impensis Laurentii Salvii|volume=1|location=Holmiae}}Hylander, Nils. 1945. Uppsala Universitets Arsskrift 7: 298, Galium triandrumSoó von Bere, Károly Rezsö. 1974. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 85: 435, Asperula tinctoria subsp. hungarorumJávorka, Sándor. 1925. Magyar Flóra 1037, Asperula hungarorum
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.Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
References
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- {{NIE|wstitle=Woodruff|year=1905}}
External links
{{Commons category|Asperula tinctoria}}
- [http://flora.nhm-wien.ac.at/Seiten-Arten/Asperula-tinctoria.htm Botanik im Bild / Flora von Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, Rubiaceae / Asperula tinctoria, Färber-Meier]
- [http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=asperula+tinctoria Altervissta Flora Italiana, Asperula tinctoria]
- [http://www.florealpes.com/fiche_asperulatinctoria.php Flore Alpes (Fouillouse France), Aspérule des teinturiers, Asperula tinctoria]
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Category:Plants described in 1753
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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