EPPO Global Database

Genista tinctoria(GENTI)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-15

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: GENTI
  • Preferred name: Genista tinctoria
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Most of Europe, extending to Caucasus, SIberia, Western Asia and Central Asia. Origin in fact uncertain, but probably Central Asia. Widely cultivated in Europe and the Mediterranean area in the Middle Ages as a source of dye, and now naturalized in many countries. Various subspecies names have been attributed, but their value is questionable

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Other scientific names
Name Authority
Genista tinctoria subsp. ovata (Waldstein & Kitaibel) Arcangeli

Common names
Name
Language
gjineshtra ngjyruese Albanian
gjineshtër Albanian
retama de tintoreros Aragonese
erratza Basque
xiristola Basque
висока жълтуга Bulgarian
горска жълтуга Bulgarian
ginesta de tintoras Catalan
ginestola vera Catalan
bojadisarska žutilovka Croatian
kručinka barvířská Czech
farve-visse Danish
verfbrem Dutch
dyer's broom English
dyer's greenweed English
dyer's greenwood English
woad-waxen English
värv-leetpõõsas Estonian
pensasväriherne Finnish
fleur à teindre French
genestrolle French
genêt bâtard French
genêt des teinturiers French
herbe à jaunir French
petit genêt French
spargelle French
Färberginster German
γενίστα βαφική Greek
festő rekettye Hungarian
baccellina Italian
ginestra dei tintori Italian
ginestra minore Italian
ginestraggine Italian
ginestrella Italian
krāsu irbulene Latvian
dažinis prožirnis Lithuanian
grønris Norwegian
gelise Occitan
genestròl Occitan
janowiec barwierski Polish
piorno-dos-tintureiros Portuguese
retama Portuguese
tojo-tintureiro Portuguese
drobiță Romanian
обична жутилица Romanian
обична жутица Romanian
дрок красильный Russian
kručinka farbiarska Slovak
barvilna košeničica Slovene
jajčastolistna košeničica Slovene
hiniesta Spanish
hiniesta de tintes Spanish
retama cenicienta Spanish
retama de tintes Spanish
retama de tintoreiros Spanish
färgginst Swedish
boyacı katırtırnağı Turkish
дрiк красильний Ukrainian
дрік високий Ukrainian
melynog y waun Welsh