List of dye plants

The list of dye plants includes plants that contain ingredients that are used to dye textiles, food, cosmetics, paper, etc.
The list of dyes contains an overview of natural and other dyes sorted by color .

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Well-known dye plants are:

Plant name, synonyms	Scientific name	Color direction	comment	image
Dyer's Sleeve , False Indigo	Baptisia tinctoria	blue
Dyer's knotweed	Polygonum tinctorum	blue
Woad	Isatis tinctoria	blue
Indigolupine , False Indigo, Blue Dye Pod	Baptisia australis	blue
Indigo plant	Indigofera tinctoria	blue
Japanese indigo	Persicaria tinctoria	blue
Common Oregon grape	Mahonia aquifolium	blue
Shame flower	Clitoria ternatea	blue
Ordinary devil bite	Succisa pratensis	blue
Bloodwood tree, logwood	Haematoxylum campechianum	violet
Purple cabbage	Lithospermum erythrorhizon	violet
Make-up root , alkanna	Alkanna tinctoria	violet
Cinnamon raspberry	Rubus odoratus	violet
American yellow wood , fustic wood	Cladrastis kentukea	yellow
Upright velvet flower , marigolds	Tagetes erecta	yellow
Birch trees	Betula spec.	yellow
gardenia	Gardenia jasminoides	yellow
Real bearberry	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	yellow
Real concrete	Betonica officinalis	yellow
Real goldenrod	Solidago virgaurea	yellow
Real meadowsweet	Filipendula ulmaria	yellow
saffron	Crocus sativus	yellow
Safflower , safflower	Carthamus tinctorius	yellow
Dyer's oak	Quercus velutina	yellow
Dyer's gorse	Genista tinctoria	yellow
Dyer's chamomile , dyer's chamomile	Anthemis tinctoria	yellow
Dyer's mulberry tree , yellow wood, fustic wood	Maclura tinctoria	yellow
Färber's notch	Serratula tinctoria	yellow
Dyer's sumac , wig bush, fisette wood, fustic wood	Cotinus coggygria	yellow
Dyer woof	Reseda luteola	yellow
Lady's mantle	Alchemilla vulgaris	yellow
Yellow yarrow	Achillea filipendulina	yellow
Yellow-green lady's mantle	Alchemilla xanthochlora	yellow
Turmeric	Xanthorhiza simplicissima	yellow
Common yarrow	Achillea millefolium	yellow
Common loosestrife	Lysimachia vulgaris	yellow
Large-flowered St. John's wort	Hypericum patulum	yellow
Johannis herbs	Hypericum perforatum	yellow
Canadian goldenrod	Solidago canadensis	yellow
Kamala tree	Mallotus philippensis	yellow
turmeric	Curcuma longa	yellow
Malabar lacquer tree	Butea monosperma	yellow
Meadowsweet	Filipendula	yellow
Common ormennig	Agrimonia eupatoria	yellow
Purgier buckthorn	Rhamnus cathartica	yellow
Tansy	Tanacetum vulgare	yellow
Marigold	Calendula officinalis	yellow
Ruprecht's herb	Geranium robertianum	yellow
Celandine	Chelidonium majus	yellow
Black elder	Sambucus nigra	violet
Meadow knapweed	Centaurea jacea	yellow
Meadow chervil	Anthriscus sylvestris	yellow
Annatto shrub , Orleanstrauch	Bixa orellana	orange	Seeds
Färber-Meier	Asperula tinctoria	orange	root
Henna	Lawsonia inermis	orange
Kitchen onion	Allium cepa	orange
Girl eyes	Coreopsis lanceolata	orange
Red sandalwood	Pterocarpus santalinus	orange
Sulfur cosm	Cosmos sulphureus	orange
Marsh marigold	Caltha palustris	orange
Lady's mantle	Alchemilla vulgaris	green
Common privet	Ligustrum vulgare	green
Big nettle	Urtica dioica	green
Cornflower	Centaurea cyanus	green
Quebracho wood	Schinopsis lorentzii	green
Black elder	Sambucus nigra	green
Bloodberry	Rivina humilis	red
Dragon blood	Dracaena cinnabari	red	resin
Real bedstraw	Galium verum	red
Safflower , safflower, bastard saffron	Carthamus tinctorius	red
Färber-Meier	Asperula tinctoria	red
Madder	Rubia tinctorum	red	see also reddening
Velcro madder	Rubia peregrina	red
Indian madder or Tibetan madder	Rubia cordifolia	red
Geraniums	Pelargonium spec.	red
Common loosestrife	Lythrum salicaria	red
Rubber gutta	Garcinia	red	resin
Blueberry	Vaccinium myrtillus	red
Indian spinach , malabar spinach	Basella alba	red
Japanese loquat	Eriobotrya japonica	red
American pokeweed	Phytolacca americana	red	see also Vegetable Kermes
Indian pokeweed	Phytolacca acinosa	red	see also Vegetable Kermes
Dioecious pokeweed	Phytolacca dioica	red	see also Vegetable Kermes
Bed herbs	Galium spp.	red
Beautiful eye, girl eye	Coreopsis tinctoria	red
Wild mallow	Malva sylvestris	red
Nepal cinquefoil	Potentilla nepalensis	red
Redwood	Caesalpina spp.	red
Redwood	Erythroxylum spp.	red
Redwood	Haematoxylum brasiletto	red
Redwood	Baphia nitida	red
Black elder	Sambucus nigra	red
Hollyhocks , black mallow	Alcea rosea var. Nigra	red
Meadow rennet	Galium mollugo	red
Real dost , wild marjoram	Origanum vulgare	brown
Real walnut	Juglans regia	brown
Vinegar tree , sumac wood	Rhus typhina	brown
Buckthorn	Frangula alnus	brown
Lady's mantle	Alchemilla vulgaris	brown
Gerber acacia , Katechu, Cutch	Senegalia catechu	brown
ginkgo	Ginkgo biloba	brown
Little ormennig	Agrimonia eupatoria	brown
Common peony	Paeonia officinalis	brown
Celandine	Chelidonium majus	brown
Dwarf elder , Attich	Sambucus ebulus	brown
Sweet chestnut	Castanea sativa	black
Oak trees	Quercus spp.	black
Ordinary water deast , water hemp	Eupatorium cannabinum	black
pomegranate	Punica granatum	black
Jenipapo	Genipa americana	black

See also

• List of useful plants
• List of culinary herbs and aromatic plants
• List of medicinal plants
• List of plants with psychotropic agents
• Variety lists of cultivated plants

literature

• Lutz Roth, Kurt Kormann, Helmut Schweppe: Dye plants, plant colors. ecomed, Landsberg / Lech 1992, ISBN 978-3-609-65490-4 .
• Helmut Schweppe: Handbook of natural dyes. ecomed, 1993, ISBN 978-3-609-65130-9 .
• Eberhard Prinz: dye plants; Instructions for staining use in culture and medicine. 2nd revised and corrected edition, Verlag Schweizerbart Stuttgart (2014), ISBN 978-3-510-65291-4 .
• Renate Kaiser-Alexnat: Coloring agents from nature. An overview with a review and perspectives. epubli, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8442-2095-7 , online (short preview) . (PDF; 1 MB), from dyeplants.de, accessed on January 7, 2017.
• David Maarsen: Dye Plants of Switzerland. Bachelor thesis , ZHAW, 2009, online (PDF; 1.19 MB), on prospecierara.ch, accessed on January 7, 2017.

Web links

Commons : Dye plant  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lexicon Renewable Resources by Michael Pankratius
• Small encyclopedia of dye plants by Thomas Seilnacht
• Useful plants database (University of Marburg): dye plants

Individual evidence

1. ^ Institute for Dye Plants: Dye Plants and Natural Dyes , accessed on March 19, 2010
2. ↑ Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e. V. (FNR): Dye Plants (PDF; 1.0 MB), Gülzow (2004), accessed on March 19, 2010