Isatis afghanica
Dyer's Woad
Isatis tinctoria
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- Botanical name
- Isatis tinctoria
- Also known as
- Asp-of-Jerusalem, Dyer's Woad, Woad
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Isatis
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Dyer's Woad
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Isatis tinctoria but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Crucifera isatis
Isatis alpina
Isatis bannatica
Isatis campestris
Isatis canescens
Isatis ciesielskii
Isatis indigotica
Isatis japonica
Isatis kamienskii
Isatis koelzii
Isatis macrocarpa
Isatis maeotica
Isatis maritima
Isatis oblongata var. yezoensis
Isatis taurica
Isatis tinctoria subsp. campestris
Isatis tinctoria subsp. canescens
Isatis tinctoria subsp. koelzii
Isatis tinctoria subsp. oblongata
Isatis tinctoria subsp. tinctoria
Isatis tinctoria subsp. transsilvanica
Isatis tinctoria var. canescens
Isatis tinctoria var. indigotica
Isatis tinctoria var. tinctoria
Isatis tinctoria var. vulgaris
Isatis tinctoria var. yezoensis
Isatis transsilvanica
Isatis vermia
Isatis villarsii
Isatis yezoensis
Others in Isatis
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