Genista tinctoria, commonly known as dyer’s greenweed and dyer’s broom, is a low-growing, green-stemmed, deciduous shrub of the pea family that typically grows to 2-3’ tall and as wide. It is native to meadows and pastures from Europe to Siberia.

Genista tinctoria, the dyer's greenweed[1] or dyer's broom, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. Its other common names include dyer's whin, waxen woad and waxen wood. The Latin specific epithet tinctoria means "used as a dye". [2]

染料木（ Genista tinctoria L.），为 双子叶植物纲 、 豆科 、 染料木属 的一个植物种。原产欧洲，中国见于栽培。染料木中富含染料木素，可以起到抗癌的作用，是一种很有潜力的 癌症 化学预防剂。叫“染料木”也是有原因的，古时老外用它来作染料

Genista tinctoria L. Dyer’s Greenweed A small, slender, spineless shrub with alternate shiny green leaves and racemes of solitary yellow flowers, found in unimproved grassland and heathland on calcareous or slightly acidic soils. It is a poor competitor and largely relies on seed production and dispersal to expand populations.

Dyer Broom is a deciduous shrub in the legume family native to meadows and pastures in Europe and Turkey. The shrub grows 2-3 feet tall with multiple stems and a spreading form. The shrub produces erect narrow clusters of pea-like yellow blooms from spring into summer followed by legumes similar to a bean.

Genista tinctoria is native to Europe and western Asia. It is cultivated in many places in the world. It has been used to create a yellow dye. Anthropogenic (man-made or disturbed habitats), meadows and fields. Non-native: introduced (intentionally or …

First published in Sp. Pl.: 710 (1753) The native range of this species is Europe to W.Siberia and Afghanistan. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

---Habitat---The Dyer's Broom (Genista tinctoria, Linn.) is a small shrubby plant with narrow, pointed leaves and yellow flowers, growing in meadows, pastures and heaths and on the borders of fields, not uncommon in England but rare in Scotland. It is wild throughout Europe and established on barren hills and on roadsides in the eastern states ...

A low, often semi-prostrate shrub with creeping roots, usually only a few inches high in the wild, but up to 2 ft under cultivation. Stems more or less grooved, clothed with simple, dark green leaves that are linear-lanceolate, {1/2} to 1 in. long, hairy on the margins.

Scientific name: Genista tinctoria Dyer's greenweed is a classic plant of hay meadows, heaths and open woodlands. It has upright stems with loose clusters of bright yellow, pea-like flowers in summer.