Genista tinctoria - Dyer's greenweed

Dyer’s greenweed (Genista tinctoria) is a low, nitrogen-fixing deciduous shrub native to Europe, including the Mediterranean region, traditionally grown for the yellow dye extracted from its flowers and shoots.

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Dye¹
• Medicinal use¹

Type

• Genista spp. - Genista
• Shrub
• Deciduous
• Perennial

Functions

• Nitrogen fixer¹
• Pollination¹
• Ground cover¹

Footnotes

1. Genista tinctoria | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰