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Genista tinctoria
Also called Dyer's Broom, Woadwaxen, Woodwaxen, Dyeweed, Dyer’s Greenweed
Dyer's greenweed is a deciduous, woody shrub in the pea family, grown for its golden yellow flowers and historically for the yellow dye in its stems and flowers. It is hardy and easy in full sun and well-drained soil.
Genista tinctoria, the dyer's greenweed 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".
This species is native to meadows and pastures in Europe and Turkey.
Mt. Etna broom · Canary broom · Spanish Gorse · Mediterranean broom · Genista lydia · Winged Greenweed · Broom
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Genista tinctoria by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
