Taxon: Isatis tinctoria L.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

AZ*°, CA*, CO*°, ID*°, MT*°, NM*, NV*, OR*°, UT*°, WA*°, WY*°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

See also subordinate taxa:

• Isatis tinctoria subsp. canescens (no accessions)
• Isatis tinctoria subsp. tinctoria (no accessions)

Common names:

• dyer's woad   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• woad   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• song lan   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• pastel des teinturiers   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• teinturière   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Färberwaid   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• daecheong   (Source: F Korea ) – Transcribed Korean
  
• pastel-dos-tintureiros   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• hierba pastel   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• vejde   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Bee plants: honey production   (fide F Pak)
  
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of radish   (based on a record of hybridization with Raphanus sativus by protoplast fusion fide Guide Germ Brassica)
  
• Materials: lipids   (fide F ChinaEng)
  
• Materials: tannin/dyestuff   (fide F ChinaEng)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Morocco
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Lebanon; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan
  China: China - Fujian, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu [n.]; Korea
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India - Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir; Pakistan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland [s.]; Sweden [s.]
  Middle Europe: Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Slovakia
  East Europe: Estonia; Latvia; Russian Federation - European part [s.w.]; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Macedonia; Montenegro; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France [e.?]; Spain

• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Norway; United Kingdom - England
  Middle Europe: Czech Republic
  East Europe: Belarus; Lithuania; Russian Federation - European part
  Southwestern Europe: France
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Newfoundland, Ontario, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - New York, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Missouri
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California, Nevada, Utah
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Chile

References:

• Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In: Luken, J. O. & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. 255–267.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Guarino, C. et al. 2000. Cultivation and use of Isatis tinctoria L. (Brassicaceae) in southern Italy. Econ. Bot. 54:395–400.
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
• Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:104.
• Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act.
• Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of India.
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.
• Warwick, S. I. et al. 2009. PART III. Interspecific and intergeneric hybridization data. In: Warwick, S.I. et al., Guide to wild germplasm of Brassica and allied crops (Tribe Brassiceae, Brassicaceae), ed. 3 (on-line resource). 1–91. [as Isatis indigotica].
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Isatis tinctoria.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Isatis tinctoria.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Isatis tinctoria.

Synonyms:

• Isatis canescens DC. [≡ Isatis tinctoria subsp. canescens]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Isatis indigotica Fortune
  

Check other web resources for Isatis tinctoria L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Forestry Images: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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