Rubiaceae
Dyer's madder
Rubia tinctorum
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Rubia
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Common names
By language (47)
- Arabic
- فوة صبغية, برقوق, فوة, فوة الصباغين
- Armenian
- Տորոն ներկատու
- arz
- فوه صبغيه
- azb
- عادی بویاق اوْتو
- Azerbaijani
- Adi boyaqotu
- Basque
- Tindu-otxar
- Breton
- Gwrizienn-ruz
- Bulgarian
- Бояджийски брош
- Catalan
- Roja, Herba apegalosa, Raspeta, Rèvola, Rúbia
- Chinese
- 染色茜草, 小红藤, 染色茜草（新疆茜草）*, 新疆茜草
- Croatian
- Broć
- cv
- Хĕрлĕ ути
- Czech
- Mořena barvířská
- Dutch
- Meekrap, Mee of mede
- English
- Dyer's madder, Madder
- Esperanto
- Tinktura rubio
- Estonian
- Harilik punavärvik
- Finnish
- Värimatara, Aitovärimatara, Krappi
- French
- Garance, Garance des teinturiers
- Galician
- Rubia, Herba dos torneiros
- German
- Färberkrapp, Färberröte, Echte Färberröte, Färber-Krapp, Krapplack
- Greek
- Ριζάρι, Ερυθρόδανο το βαφικό
- Hebrew
- פואת הצבעים
- hsb
- Barbjerska čerwjenka
- Hungarian
- Festő buzér
- Icelandic
- Krapprót
- Irish
- Madar
- Japanese
- セイヨウアカネ
- Kazakh
- Бояулық риян
- kw
- Liwles
- Latvian
- Rubija
- Macedonian
- Бојаџиски броќ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Krapp
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Krapp
- Occitan
- Garança
- Persian
- روناس
- Polish
- Marzana barwierska
- Portuguese
- Garança, Granza
- Romanian
- Roiba
- Russian
- Марена красильная
- Slovenian
- Pravi brošč
- Spanish
- Raspa-lengua, Rubea, Rúbea, Sangra-lengua, Sangralengua
- Swedish
- Krapp, Krapprot
- Turkish
- Kökboya bitkisi, Kökboya
- Ukrainian
- Марена фарбувальна
- Uzbek
- Boʻyoqli roʻyan
- Welsh
- Y ffrywydd wen
Synonyms
- Galium rubia E.H.L.Krause
- Rubia acaliculata Cav.
- Rubia iberica (Fisch. ex DC.) K.Koch
- Rubia peregrina subsp. tinctorum (L.) Bonnier & Layens
- Rubia sativa Guadagno
- Rubia sylvestris Mill.
- Rubia tinctoria Salisb.
- Rubia tinctorum f. petiolaris Sommier & Levier
- Rubia tinctorum var. culta Alef.
- Rubia tinctorum var. grandifolia K.Koch
- Rubia tinctorum var. iberica Fisch. ex DC.
- Rubia tinctorum var. latifolia Texidor
- Rubia tinctorum var. pubescens Ledeb.
- Rubia tinctorum var. sativa Pollini
Flowers
- In flower
- May to October (from 29 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anna Petrosyan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anna Petrosyan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Marios Thoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Carstor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Valerii Darmostuk, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joaquin Asad e Clareane Ternus, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.