PLANTS Profile for Genista tinctoria (Dyer's greenweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Genista tinctoria L.
Dyer's greenweed

Symbol:

GETI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I


Common Names:
	woadwaxen
	woodwaxen
	dyer's broom

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Russian Federation. Usage Requirements.

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Genista tinctoria L.

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Synonyms:
Genista tinctoria L.

GEMU2	Genista multibracteata Tausch
GEPA10	Genista patula M. Bieb.
GETIT	Genista tinctoria L. var. tinctoria	Dyer's greenweed

Distribution:
Genista tinctoria L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, DC, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NJ, NY, OH, RI, VA, VT, WA, WI), CAN (NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Genista tinctoria L.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 8 species in Genista

Classification:
Genista tinctoria L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Genista L. – broom
Species	Genista tinctoria L. – Dyer's greenweed

Introduced Information:
Genista tinctoria L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Genista tinctoria L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26708.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 02/16/2009 12:49 PM MST