EPPO Global Database

Isatis tinctoria(ISATI)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-08-22

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ISATI
  • Preferred name: Isatis tinctoria
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Origin probably in eastern Europe and western Asia. Widely cultivated as a dye-plant since ancient  times, till its replacement by indigo and synthetic dyes. The plant has remained widespread in practically all Europe, Mediterranean (except southeast), Canary Islands, Russian Far East, Central Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, North America, South America

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Isatis campestris de Candolle
Isatis canescens de Candolle
Isatis tinctoria subsp. canescens (de Candolle) Malagarriga
Isatis tinctoria subsp. tinctoria Linnaeus
Isatis villarsii Gaudin

Common names
Name
Language
isatisi ngjyrues Albanian
izatis Albanian
urdin belarra Basque
багрилна сърпица Bulgarian
pastell Catalan
sōng lán Chinese
菘蓝 Chinese
bojadisarski vrbovnik Croatian
sivkasti vrbovnik Croatian
boryt barvířský Czech
farve-vajd Danish
veverswede Dutch
wede Dutch
wevers wede Dutch
dyer's woad English
wade English
woad English
harilik sinerõigas Estonian
morsinko Finnish
värimorsinko Finnish
guède French
herbe de Saint Philippe French
pastel French
pastel blanchâtre French
pastel des teinturiers French
varède French
deutscher Indigo German
deutscher Issadig German
Färberwaid German
Färberwalt German
Waid German
Walt German
ίσατις βαφική Greek
festő csülleng Hungarian
litunarlukka Icelandic
glasto comune Italian
guado Italian
pastello Italian
hosobataisei Japanese
ホソバタイセイ Japanese
dae cheong Korean
대청 Korean
krasu mele Latvian
dažinė mėlžolė Lithuanian
vaid Norwegian
jaunèla Occitan
maurèla Occitan
urzet barwierski Polish
urzeł barwierski Polish
glasto Portuguese
pastel Portuguese
pastel-dos-tintureiros Portuguese
drobușor Romanian
вайда красильная Russian
обични сач Serbian
сач Serbian
сињ Serbian
сињи врбовник Serbian
boryt farbiarsky Slovak
farbovník obyčajný Slovak
gualda Spanish
hierba de los tintoreros Spanish
hierba pastel Spanish
isátide Spanish
glasto Spanish (CO)
hierba de San Felipe Spanish (CO)
noiglo Spanish (CO)
vejde Swedish
çivitotu Turkish
вайда віллярсова Ukrainian
вайда польова Ukrainian
вайда фарбувальна Ukrainian