Rubia tinctorum, the rose madder or common madder or dyer's madder, is a herbaceous perennial plant species belonging to the bedstraw and coffee family Rubiaceae. The type genus of the whole Rubiaceae family of around 80 flowering plants is called Rubia.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Madder being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Rubia
- Species
- Rubia tinctorum
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