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Taxon: Isatis tinctoria L.

Genus: Isatis
Family: Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae) tribe: Isatideae.
Nomen number: 20462
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:670. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 15-Jul-2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 15-Jul-2010
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).
Accessions: 8 in National Plant Germplasm System.
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  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
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:
CA*, CO*°, ID*°, MT*°, NM*, NV*, OR*°, UT*°, WA*°, WY*°.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

See also subordinate taxa:


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
  • teinturiére   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • Färberwaid   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • pastel-dos-tintureiros   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  • hierba pastel   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Morocco
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Lebanon; Turkey
    Caucasus: Armenia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  • 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

      Naturalized:
  • widely naturalized elsewhere

References:

  • Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft) (Rep NCEPPC)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
  • Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In J. O. Luken & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. (Pl Invasion)
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. (Zander Ency)
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
  • Guarino, C. et al. 2000. Cultivation and use of Isatis tinctoria L. (Brassicaceae) in southern Italy. Econ. Bot. 54:395–400.
  • Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae. (Atlas Eur)
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. (Mansfeld)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. (F Liban)
  • Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. (F CalifMunz)
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
  • Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. (F Alger)
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • 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. (State Noxweed Seed)
  • Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq. (F Iraq)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition. (F Eur ed2)
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)
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Synonyms:


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Images:

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  • Google 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.

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