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Carthamus lanatus

Carthamus lanatus
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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.

  1. ^ NRCS. "Carthamus lanatus". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  2. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. ^ Parsons & Cuthbertson 1992. Noxious Weeds of Australia. Inkata, Melbourne

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