Genista tinctoria
Names: Spartium tinctoria, Genistoides tinctoria, Cytisus tinctoria
Abbreviation: genist.
English: Dyer's Weed, Dyer's Greenweed
German: Farbkraut, Gilbkraut, Galeise, GrĂĽnholz, Rohrheide
Family: Fabaceae, papillonidae
Botanically, the seed capsules explode, showering all over the insects. Nitrics in general have this explosive quality.
Content: Scopolomine is also in Hyos. and Stram. from the Solanaceae.
DD: Phosphorus; phosphoricums; Manganum.
Themes:
Threat. Threat with friends.
Cannot have fun.
Vertigo: cannot turn around. I cannot fix it in the world.
Genista: it’s used for tinctures for dyes. It’s used in paints. It’s the color of Phos.
Dyes are commonly taken from this family, like Indigo. Bapt. also is a dye.
Genista means “broom”.
Class comment: In Mexico, they take the broom plant dried stalks and use it to sweep in the garden. They last for years. The flowers are bright yellow.
Genista is the origin of the Plantagenets.
There is a blue dye in the family with Genista, yellow to make green.