Carthamus lanatus
Species of flowering plant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carthamus lanatus is a species of thistle known as woolly distaff thistle,[1] downy safflower[2] or saffron thistle. It is closely related to safflower (Carthamus tinctorius). This annual plant is a native of the Mediterranean Basin, but it is familiar in other places where it was introduced and has become a noxious weed, such as in parts of North America and southern Australia[3] with similar climates.
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Carthamus lanatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Carthamus |
Species: | C. lanatus |
Binomial name | |
Carthamus lanatus | |
Synonyms | |
Carthamus baeticus |
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