Safflower
ಕುಸುಬಿकुसुमకుసుమ
Carthamus tinctorius L.
- light
- —
- water
- Little
- tall
- 90 cm
- wide
- —
Asteraceae
Formerly Calcitrapa tinctoria, Carduus tinctorius, Carthamus glaber, Centaurea carthamus
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. & E. Türkiye to IranKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 30 cm to 1.5 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, cream, yellow, orange, redRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- German
- Färberdistel
- Spanish
- alazor, Cártamo
- Czech
- světlice barvířská
- Welsh
- safflwr
- Finnish
- värisaflori
- French
- Carthame des teinturiers
- Italian
- Cartamo o zafferanone
- Japanese
- ベニバナ
- Dutch
- Saffloer
- Russian
- Сафлор красильный
- Serbian (Latin)
- Šafranika / Шафраника
- Slovenian
- navadni rumenik
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- 3D model: Carthamus tinctorius (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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