Appearance
It is a short-lived plant often treated as biennial, native to Europe, the Mediterranean and Western Asia and naturalized in scattered locations in North America. It has aromatic, bright green, feathery foliage. The serrate leaves are bi-pinnatifid and downy beneath. It grows to a height of 60 cm.It has yellow daisy-like terminal flower heads on long thin angular stems, blooming in profusion during the summer.
Naming
;Subspecies⤷ "Cota tinctoria" subsp. "australis" Oberpr. & Greuter
⤷ "Cota tinctoria" subsp. "euxina" Oberpr. & Greuter
⤷ "Cota tinctoria" subsp. "fussii" Oberpr. & Greuter
⤷ "Cota tinctoria" subsp. "gaudium-solis" Oberpr. & Greuter
⤷ "Cota tinctoria" subsp. "parnassica" Oberpr. & Greuter
⤷ "Cota tinctoria" subsp. "sancti-johannis" Oberpr. & Greuter
⤷ "Cota tinctoria" subsp. "virescens" Oberpr. & Greuter
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