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Gardens Navigator Persicaria tinctoria Japanese Indigo; Chinese Indigo; Dyer's Knotweed Search for Persicaria tinctoria in Missouri Botanic Garden Plant Finder |
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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THIS PLANT | Leaves of this plant can be used in a hot dye bath to give a light to dark blue color on wool or silk. Dyeing in an ice bath gives an aqua color. No pre-treatment with a mordant such as alum is required. | ||
FAMILY |
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family) | ||
HABIT | Herbaceous | ||
GROWTH FORM | Upright | ||
RANGE | China | ||
FLOWERS | Pink | ||
SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS | Dye Plant | ||
COMMON NAME(S) | Japanese Indigo | Chinese Indigo | Dyer's Knotweed | ||
SYNONYMS | Polygonum tinctorium |
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FLOWERING: When Persicaria tinctoria has been observed flowering at Denver Botanic Gardens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 |
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