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Carthamus Rechingeri
The genus ''Carthamus'', the distaff thistles, includes plants in the family Asteraceae. The group is native to Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia. The flower has been used since ancient times in the Philippines, which it has been called ''kasubha'' by the Tagalog people. The best known species is the safflower ''( Carthamus tinctorius).'' ; Species References External links Jepson Manual Treatment* * Asteraceae genera {{Cynareae-stub ...
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Carthamus Lanatus
''Carthamus lanatus'' is a species of thistle known as woolly distaff thistle, downy safflower 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 species, introduced and has become a noxious weed, such as in parts of North America and southern AustraliaParsons & Cuthbertson 1992. Noxious Weeds of Australia. Inkata, Melbourne with similar climates. Description This is a spiny, glandular, woolly plant, which often seems to be covered in spiders' webs, due to its fine tangled fibers. It has a pale stem which may reach a meter in height, and rigid, pointed, very spiny leaves. The Head (botany), flower head has many long, sharp bract, phyllaries that can be up to several centimeters long, and often bend backwards (recurved). The disc florets are bright yellow. One plant can produce many stems which mat together due to their spininess and f ...
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Carthamus Calvus
The genus ''Carthamus'', the distaff thistles, includes plants in the family Asteraceae. The group is native to Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia. The flower has been used since ancient times in the Philippines, which it has been called ''kasubha'' by the Tagalog people. The best known species is the safflower ''(Carthamus tinctorius Safflower (''Carthamus tinctorius'') is a highly branched, herbaceous, thistle-like annual plant in the family Asteraceae. It is commercially cultivated for vegetable oil extracted from the seeds and was used by the early Spanish colonies alon ...).'' ; Species References External links Jepson Manual Treatment* * Asteraceae genera {{Cynareae-stub ...
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Carthamus Creticus
''Carthamus creticus'' is a plant species in the family Asteraceae, related to safflower. It is native to the Mediterranean region including Europe (Spain, Portugal, France, Britain, Italy, Greece, Malta, Serbia, Bosnia, etc.), North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Libya) and southwestern Asia (Turkey, Palestine, Cyprus). It is also naturalized in New Zealand and California. References creticus A cretic (; also Cretic, amphimacer and sometimes paeon diagyios)Squire, pp. 142, 384. is a metrical foot containing three syllables: long, short, long (  ). In Greek poetry, the cretic was usually a form of paeonic or aeolic verse. ... Flora of Europe {{Cynareae-stub ...
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Carthamus Chouletteanus
The genus ''Carthamus'', the distaff thistles, includes plants in the family Asteraceae. The group is native to Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia. The flower has been used since ancient times in the Philippines, which it has been called ''kasubha'' by the Tagalog people. The best known species is the safflower ''(Carthamus tinctorius Safflower (''Carthamus tinctorius'') is a highly branched, herbaceous, thistle-like annual plant in the family Asteraceae. It is commercially cultivated for vegetable oil extracted from the seeds and was used by the early Spanish colonies alon ...).'' ; Species References External links Jepson Manual Treatment* * Asteraceae genera {{Cynareae-stub ...
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