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Taxon:  Isatis tinctoria L.



Summary
Genus:
Isatis
Family:
Brassicaceae (alt. Cruciferae)
Tribe:
Isatideae
Nomen number:
20462
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:670. 1753
Verified:
07/15/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Isatis tinctoria L. subsp. canescens (DC.) Malag. (0 active accession[s])
Isatis tinctoria L. subsp. tinctoria (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Isatis indigotica Fortune
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
dyer's woad –
woad –
English (Canada)
dyer’s woad –
French
pastel des teinturiers –
teinturière –
French (Canada)
pastel des teinturiers –
German
Färberwaid –
Portuguese
pastel-dos-tintureiros –
Spanish
hierba pastel –
Swedish
vejde –
Transcribed Chinese
song lan –
Transcribed Korean
daecheong –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria n.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaLiaoning Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNei Mongol Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShandong Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHokkaidô 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshun.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaHimachal Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaJammu and Kashmir 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeEstonia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLatvia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean parts.w.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeFinland s.
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden s.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance e.?
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeLithuania  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited KingdomEngland 
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaNewfoundland and Labrador 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaOntario 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaQuébec 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinois 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouri 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew York 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesWest Virginia 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesIdaho 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesMontana 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesOregon 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWashington 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWyoming 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexico 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginia 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesNevada 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesUtah 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaBritish Columbia 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Morocco
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Lebanon, Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  • CHINA: China [Zhejiang Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Shanxi Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, Xizang Zizhiqu]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan [Hokkaidô, Honshu (n.)]
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
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part (s.w.)], Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France (e.?)
Naturalized
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom [England], Norway
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Czech Republic
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Lithuania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France
Northern America
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador]
  • 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
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Bee plantshoney production Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Materialslipids Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Materialstannin/dyestuff Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weedpotential seed contaminant Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils (unpublished draft)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=20462. Accessed 24 May 2025.