Saw Wort
Serratula tinctoria
Asteraceae
Other names
Dyer'S Savory
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived perennial
Native distribution
Eurasia
Biocultural value
Leaves yield a yellow dye on natural fibers.
Location
Source of plant
Jardin Botanique de la Ville et de l'Universite de Caen
Description
Stems to 1m, subglabrous to minutely pubescent. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, finely serrate to deeply pinnatifid. Capitula few to many, 1.5-2cm diameter, often dioecious; phyllaries green or flushed with deep purple, outer acute, margins slightly floccose, inner long-attenulate, slightly floccose; florets purple-pink.
USDA Hardiness Zone
6
Special characteristics
other ethnobotanical uses