Serratula tinctoria L.

Dyer's plumeless saw-wort (en), Serratule des teinturiers (fr), Sarrette (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Serratula

Characteristics

A herb.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality
Pollination	entomogamy
Spread	epizoochory
Mature width (meter)	-
Mature height (meter)	1.0
Root system	-
Rooting depth (meter)	-
Root diameter (meter)	-
Flower color
Blooming months	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Fruit color	-
Fruiting months	-
Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

Wood margins, clearings, rides and open grasslands on moist basic soils over limestone or chalk.

More

It is a temperate plant.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	dye medicinal
Edible	flowers leaves
Therapeutic use	Tumor (unspecified), Wound (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.

Mode	divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	20
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-23
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Images

Habit

Leaf

Flower

Fruit

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:248861-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000081613
COL ID	4WXSY
BDTFX ID	63376
INPN ID	122971
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Serratula tinctoria

Lower taxons

Serratula tinctoria subsp. monticola Serratula tinctoria subsp. seoanei