Genista tinctoria
Genista tinctoria | |
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Illustration from Bilder ur Nordens Flora | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Genista |
Species: | G. tinctoria
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Genista tinctoria | |
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Genista tinctoria, the dyer's greenweed[1] or dyer's broom, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. Its other common names include dyer's whin, waxen woad and waxen wood. The Latin specific epithet tinctoria means "used as a dye".[2]
Description
It is a variable
Distribution and habitat
This species is
Properties and uses
Numerous cultivars have been selected for garden use, of which 'Royal Gold' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5][6]
The plant, as its Latin and common names suggest, has been used from ancient times for producing a yellow dye, which combined with
It was from this plant that the isoflavone genistein was first isolated in 1899; hence the name of the chemical compound. The medicinal parts are the flowering twigs.
The plant has been used in popular medicine and
Gallery
References
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ISBN 978-1845337315.
- ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ^ a b "Broom, Dyer's". Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^ "Genista tinctoria 'Royal Gold'". Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 42. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- .
- ^ John Lust. The Herb Book. p. 176.
- ISBN 9780898754094.
External links
- Media related to Genista tinctoria at Wikimedia Commons