Carthamus

Safflower ( Carthamus tinctorius )

The safflower ( Carthamus, Syn: .. Kentrophyllum Neck ex DC ) are a genus of flowering plants from the sunflower family ( Asteraceae). Its natural distribution extends from the Mediterranean area to the Near East.

Description

The safflower are upright, thistle-like, annual or perennial herbaceous plants that reach heights of growth from 30 to 180 centimeters. Your thorny, elongated leaves can be glabrous or hairy.

The bloom conditions contain 15 to 60 yellow, red to purple tubular flowers. They form achenes than fruit.

Species

There are about 14 (13 to 17) species in the genus safflower ( Carthamus ):

• Carthamus arborescens L.: home is southern Spain and northwestern Africa.
• Carthamus boissieri Halácsy: home are the Greek Islands.
• Carthamus dentatus Vahl
• Carthamus glaucus M.Bieb. Carthamus glaucus subsp. alexandrinus ( Boiss. & Heldr. ) Hanelt ( Syn: .. . Carthamus alexandrinus ( Boiss. & Heldr ) Asch, Kentrophyllum alexandrinum Boiss & Heldr. )
• Carthamus glaucus subsp. anatolicus ( Boiss. ) Hanelt ( Syn: Carthamus anatolicus ( Boiss. ) Sam Rech.f. ex. )
• Carthamus glaucus subsp. glandulosus Hanelt ( Syn: Carthamus syriacus ( Boiss. ) Celak. )

• Carthamus lanatus subsp. creticus (L.) Holmboe ( Syn: Carthamus baeticus ( Boiss. & Reut ) Nyman, Carthamus creticus L., Carthamus lanatus subsp baeticus ( Boiss. & Reut ) Mair, Kentrophyllum baeticum Boiss & Reut. .. .. )
• Carthamus lanatus subsp. lanatus
• Carthamus lanatus subsp. turkestanicus Hanelt ( Syn: Carthamus turkestanicus Popov )

Swell

• David J. Keil: Carthamus. In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee ( eds.): Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 19: Magnoliophyta: unranked, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1 ( Mutisieae - Anthemideae ), Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford et al 2006, ISBN 0-19-530563-9, p 178, online ( engl. ).
• List of species at GRIN.