Asperula tinctoria

Asperula tinctoria, common name dyer's woodruff,^[2] is a plant in the family Rubiaceae, a native of much of northern and central Europe from France to Russia and also of Western Siberia.^{[1][3][4][5][6]}

Dyer's woodruff
Asperula tinctoria in flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Asperula
Species:	A. tinctoria
Binomial name
Asperula tinctoria L.
Synonyms[1]
Galium tinctorium (L.) Scop. Asterophyllum tinctorium (L.) Schimp. & Spenn. in F.C.L.Spenner Cynanchica tinctoria (L.) Fourr. Galium triandrum Hyl.

Uses

The root was used by the ancient Greeks and Romans to make a red dye for clothing, but was less productive than the more widely used madder Rubia tinctorum.^[7]