Fabaceae
Dyer's greenweed
Genista tinctoria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Genista
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Common names
By language (38)
- Arabic
- جينيستا صبغية, جنستا الصباغين
- arz
- جينيستا صبغيه
- azb
- بویاق نازی
- Azerbaijani
- Boyaq nazı
- ba
- Талүлән
- Basque
- Xiristola
- Belarusian
- Жаўтазель фарбавальны, Дрок, Жаўсцень, Жаўсьцень, Жаўтазель, Жаўцюха, Жаўцідла, Жаўціха
- Bulgarian
- Висока жълтуга
- Catalan
- Ginesta de tintorers
- Chinese
- 染料木
- Czech
- Kručinka barvířská
- Danish
- Farve-Visse
- Dutch
- Verfbrem
- English
- Dyer's greenweed
- Estonian
- Värvi-leetpõõsas
- Finnish
- Pensasväriherne
- French
- Genêt des teinturiers, Genet des teinturiers
- German
- Färber-Ginster, Färberginster
- hsb
- Barbjerska žandawa
- Hungarian
- Festő rekettye
- Japanese
- ヒトツバエニシダ, 一つ葉金雀枝, 一葉金雀枝
- Kazakh
- Бояу дрок
- kw
- Korrvanadhel owr
- Latvian
- Krāsu irbulene
- Lithuanian
- Dažinis prožirnis
- Macedonian
- Обична жолтенка
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fargeginst
- Persian
- رنگین زرد
- Polish
- Janowiec barwierski
- Romanian
- Drobiță
- Russian
- Дрок красильный, Дрок кровожадный
- Slovak
- Kručinka farbiarska
- Slovenian
- Barvilna košeničica, Barvarska košeničica, Barvasti lakotnik, Drenk, Farbica, Gorski žepec, Kožuhki, Lakotnica
- Spanish
- Hiniesta de tintes, Retama de tinte
- Swedish
- Färgginst
- Turkish
- Boyacı katırtırnağı
- Ukrainian
- Дрік красильний, Дрік жовтий, Жовтило
- Welsh
- Melynog y waun, Eurfanadl
Synonyms
- Corniola tinctoria (L.) Medik.
- Cytisus tinctoria (L.) Vis.
- Cytisus tinctorius (L.) Vis.
- Genista alpestris Bertol.
- Genista perreymondii Loisel.
- Genista tenorii G.Don
- Genista tinctoria subsp. elata Asch. & Graebn.
- Genista tinctoria var. campestris (Janka) Morariu
- Genistoides tinctoria (L.) Moench
- Spartium tinctorium (L.) Roth
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 645 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: gerardbertrand, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: tylototriton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Johan Kjær Prehn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernie Paquette, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: George Morris, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.