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Isatis tinctoria L.
Dyer's woad

       
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Photo of Isatis tinctoria L.
Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Images:
Isatis tinctoria L.

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Distribution:
Isatis tinctoria L.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (CA, CO, DC, ID, IL, MT, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OR, UT, VA, WA, WV, WY), CAN (BC, ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Isatis tinctoria L.

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 1 species in Isatis
 

Classification:
Isatis tinctoria L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Dilleniidae
Order Capparales
Family Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus Isatis L. – woad
Species Isatis tinctoria L. – Dyer's woad
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Isatis tinctoria L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Arizona:
dyers woad              Prohibited noxious weed
California:
dyer's woad              B list (noxious weeds)
Colorado:
dyer's woad              A list (noxious weeds)
Idaho:
dyer's woad              Noxious weed
Montana:
dyer's woad              Category 2 noxious weed
Nevada:
dyer's woad              Noxious weed
New Mexico:
dyer's woad              Class A noxious weed
Oregon:
dyer's woad              "B" designated weed
dyer's woad              Quarantine
Utah:
dyers woad              Noxious weed
Washington:
dyers woad              Class A noxious weed
dyers' woad              Noxious weed seed and plant quarantine
Wyoming:
dyers woad              Noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Isatis tinctoria L.

Dyer's woad

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Isatis tinctoria L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Isatis tinctoria L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23151.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

 

Related Web Sites:
Isatis tinctoria L.

Idaho One Plan: noxious abstract & images

NV-Extension Weed Wanted Posters

UT-Unwanted Weeds-Utah Department of Transportation

UT-Utah's 17 Most Noxious Weeds

WA-Noxious Weed List & Information

 
 
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