Rubiaceae

Asperula tinctoria L.

Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Asperula

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Asperula tinctoria (Asperula tinctoria) — FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (16)

Arabic: نيلة بري
arz: اسبرولا تينكتوريا
Belarusian: Дзярачка фарбавальная
Chinese: 染色车叶草
cv: Пĕветекен курăк
Czech: Mařinka barvířská
Estonian: Värv-varjulill
Finnish: Värimaratti
French: Aspérule des teinturiers, Aspérule tinctoriale
German: Färber-Meier
hsb: Barbjerska serlica
Latvian: Krāsu miešķis, Krāsu madara
Polish: Marzanka barwierska
Russian: Ясменник красильный
Slovenian: Barvilna perla
Swedish: Färgmåra

Synonyms

Asterophyllum tinctorium (L.) K.F.Schimp. & Spenn.
Cynanchica tinctoria Fourr.
Galium tinctorium (L.) Scop.
Galium triandrum Hyl.

Flowers

In flower: May to July (from 53 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: carnifex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: C. Oppermann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tatiana Gavrilova, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bobo-X, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.