Part of Stem of Woad - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99331 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 11.00 CRUCIFERAE Isatis tinctoria | Entry Book Number | 1.2016 | |
| Artefact Name | Part of Stem of Woad | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | United Kingdom | TDWG Region | United Kingdom | ||
| Parts Held | Part of Stem of Woad | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Part of Stem of WoadUse: User: | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Hill. David J. | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 20/01/2016 | Donor Notes | Leaves are harvested in first year before it sends up the flowering stem | ||
| Collector | Hill, David J. | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Woad is a winter annual. (It becomes a biennial when seeds are sown in spring). Seeds are sown for a crop in spring. The plant forms a tap root and a rosette of leaves in the first year. The leaves are harvested from the end of June onwards. In the s, econd year, the stem elongates rapidly to produce a branching stem with flowers and then black, hanging 'seeds' (siliqua). | ||||