Asteraceae
Saw-wort
Serratula tinctoria
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Serratula
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- وريكه
- Belarusian
- Сярпуха фарбавальная, Сярпуха некалючая
- Bulgarian
- Щитовиден сърпец
- Chinese
- 染色伪泥胡菜, 染色麻花头
- Croatian
- Bojadisarska pilica
- Czech
- Srpice barvířská
- Danish
- Engskær, Eng-skær
- Dutch
- Zaagblad
- English
- Saw-wort, Dyer's plumeless saw-wort
- Esperanto
- Seratulo tinktura
- Estonian
- Värvi-paskhein
- Finnish
- Liuskalääte
- French
- Serratule des teinturiers
- German
- Färber-Scharte, Färberscharte
- Hungarian
- Festő zsoltina
- Irish
- Sábhlus
- Lithuanian
- Geltė, Dažinė geltė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Jærtistel
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Jærtistel
- Polish
- Sierpik barwierski
- Portuguese
- Serratula
- Romanian
- Serratula
- Russian
- Серпуха красильная, Серпуха безостая, Серпуха невооружённая, Серпуха неколючая, Язычник
- Slovak
- Kosienka farbiarska
- Swedish
- Ängsskära
- Tatar
- Буяу сары буягы
- Welsh
- Dant y pysgodyn
Synonyms
- Carduus argutus Sweet
- Carduus tinctorius Scop.
- Centaurea tinctoria [Clairv.]
- Serratula inermis (Willd.) Poir.
- Serratula inermis Gilib.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 176 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Petr Harant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chris Yesson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Carminda Santos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 15:13, 10 August 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Georges Olioso, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Hocken, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: C. Oppermann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: andrearambelli000, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.