Isatis tinctoria L. [X]

En: dyer's woad
Fr: pastel des teinturiers
Provincial Status: X [excluded]
Range: Eurasia; seNfld., cultivated, not persistent.

              [=Crucifera isatis E.H.L.Krause]
              [=Isatis tinctoria L. var. pastoris Sennen]

[Formerly widely cultivated for blue dye (woad) extraction; Fernald (1950) mentions Isatis tinctoria from seNfld. (Ship Cove), doubtless elsewhere.  It has not been reported since Fernald's account; it is now excluded from the NL flora.]

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