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Genista tinctoria

Shrub

HomeShrubGenista tinctoria

Meadows, pastures, heaths and the edges of fields, especially on poor soils.

Family: Fabaceae
Height: 0.6 m / 2 ft
Sun
Light, Medium Soil
Dry to Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 1 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 2 of 5
Other Uses: 3 of 5

Native Habitat

Dyer's Greenweed, Common Woadwaxen, Broom Genista tinctoria native habitat is Meadows, pastures, heaths and the edges of fields, especially on poor soils.

Edible Uses

The seed has been suggested as a possible coffee substitute. The flower buds are pickled and used as a substitute for capers. Used as a vegetable.

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