Results for "dye"
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Decoration
Alpanaআলপনা
Bengali ritual floor art painted with rice flour on festive and religious occasions
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Carpet or floor pattern
Decoration
Kalamkariవ్రాత పని
Hand-painted and block-printed cottons from Andhra Pradesh using natural dyes
🇮🇳 India · Art or design
PomegranatePunica granatum
A shrub with bright red flowers and a fruit full of edible seeds
🇮🇷 Iran and 9 more · Flowering shrub
AlderAlnus
Deciduous trees and shrubs with cone-like catkins, found near water in cooler regions
Alnus · Flowering tree
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
A spiny shrub with white spring flowers and tart blue-black fruit
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower
Common poppyPapaver rhoeas
The vivid red wildflower of fields and remembrance
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
SafflowerCarthamus tinctorius
A thistle-like annual grown for oil, dye, and as a saffron substitute
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
MarigoldTagetes
A group of bright annual and perennial flowers known worldwide as marigolds
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
HennaLawsonia inermis
Shrub whose leaves yield the dye henna for skin, hair, and fabric
Lawsonia inermis · Wildflower
Prickly pearOpuntia
Cactus with flat pads and edible fruit, native to the Americas
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
AchioteBixa orellana
Shrub with spiky red pods, source of the natural dye annatto
🇧🇷 Brazil and 9 more · Flowering shrub
Calendula
Golden daisy-like flowers used in food, dye, and rituals
Calendula · Wildflower
Wild Himalayan CherryPrunus cerasoides
A cherry tree with pinkish white blossoms from the Himalayas and Southeast Asia
🇮🇳 India and 5 more · Flowering tree
Flame of the forestButea monosperma
A tree with vivid orange-red flowers, sacred in Hindu and Buddhist traditions
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Flowering tree
Nyctanthes arbor-tristisपारिजात
A fragrant night-flowering shrub with white and orange blossoms
🇮🇳 India and 5 more · Wildflower
Ivy-leaved geraniumPelargonium peltatum
A trailing plant with fleshy, lobed leaves and pale mauve to pink flowers
🇿🇦 South Africa and 7 more · Garden flower
Nuphar
Aquatic pond-lilies of the Northern Hemisphere with floating yellow or red flowers
Nuphar · Water flower
Globe amaranthGomphrena globosa
A round-flowered annual grown for its lasting, colorful blooms
🇬🇹 Guatemala and 4 more · Wildflower
Common mallowMalva sylvestris
A wild and garden flower with mauve-purple blooms and edible leaves
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Sausage treeKigelia africana
African tree with large sausage-shaped fruit and striking maroon flowers
🇰🇪 Kenya and 2 more · Flowering tree
Gardenia
A fragrant white-flowered shrub from tropical regions worldwide
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Flowering shrub
Desfontainia
A glossy-leaved shrub with red tubular flowers from southern forests
🇨🇱 Chile and 7 more · Flowering shrub
Sulphur cosmosCosmos sulphureus
A tall annual with yellow, orange, or red daisy-like blooms
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
French marigoldTagetes patula
A small marigold with yellow to orange blooms, valued in gardens and Georgian cooking
🇲🇽 Mexico and 3 more · Wildflower
Love-lies-bleedingAmaranthus caudatus
Tall Andean plant with long, drooping red or white flower clusters
🇵🇪 Peru and 8 more · Wildflower
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
A tall, sweet-scented wildflower of damp meadows in Europe and western Asia
🇦🇹 Austria · Wildflower
Tigridia pavonia
A striking summer bulb with three-petalled blooms and bold central markings
🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Wildflower
Aztec marigoldTagetes erecta
The golden-yellow flower of Mexican altars and Day of the Dead offerings
🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Wildflower
Butterfly peaClitoria ternatea
A climbing herb with vivid blue flowers used for dye, tea and soil improvement
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 8 more · Climber
Cape jasmineGardenia jasminoides
A glossy-leaved shrub with large, fragrant white flowers from East Asia
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering shrub
KadambaNeolamarckia cadamba
A tropical tree with fragrant orange globe-shaped flowers from South and Southeast Asia
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Flowering tree
Curcuma
A group of ginger relatives with edible rhizomes, including turmeric
🇮🇳 India and 3 more · Herb or useful flower
ReinwardtiaReinwardtia indica
A yellow-flowered plant of the Himalayas used for dye and in folk tales
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Gardenia: Queerbubbles, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sulphur cosmos: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Henna: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- French marigold: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL 1.2, source
- Love-lies-bleeding: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Meadowsweet: AnRo0002, CC0, source
- Tigridia pavonia: Lorbeer, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, source
- Safflower: AndrewMT, CC BY 3.0, source
- Blackthorn: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pomegranate: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Marigold: Pohled 111, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Alder: AnRo0002, CC0, source
- Aztec marigold: HitroMilanese, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Prickly pear: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Achiote: Primejyothi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Calendula: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Butterfly pea: Suyash Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common poppy: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, source
- Alpana: Tripan123, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kalamkari: Anilbhardwajnoida, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cape jasmine: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kadamba: This work was made by Tushar Hossain and released under the license(s), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Curcuma: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, source
- Reinwardtia: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Wild Himalayan Cherry: Patcharapapats, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Flame of the forest: SumaTagadur 05:01, 28 March 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Nyctanthes arbor-tristis: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ivy-leaved geranium: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nuphar: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, source
- Globe amaranth: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Common mallow: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sausage tree: Photographs: Ettore Balocchi (upper left), Bjørn Christian Tørrissen (, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Desfontainia: Solereder?, Public domain, source