Carthamus creticus

Carthamus creticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Cynareae
Genus:	Carthamus
Species:	C. creticus
Binomial name
	Carthamus creticus; L.
Synonyms
	Carthamus lanatus subsp. baeticus (Boiss. & Reut.) Maire; Carthamus baeticus (Boiss. & Reut.) Nyman; Carthamus lanatus subsp. baeticus (Boiss. & Reut.) Nyman; Carthamus lanatus var. creticus (L.) Halácsy; Kentrophyllum baeticum Boiss. & Reut.; Carthamus lanatus subsp. creticus (L.) Holmboe; Carthamus divaricatus Bég. & Vacc.; Centaurea cretica (L.) Spreng.;

Carthamus creticus is a plant species in the thistle family, related to saffron and 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.^[1]^[2]

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