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Dyer's Woodruff
Asperula tinctoria
Asperula tinctoria, common name dyer's woodruff, 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.
From the article Asperula tinctoria on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
At the table
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.
Wikipedia: “Uses”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Asperula tinctoria in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 136374.