Asperula tinctoria

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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|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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