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Distaff Thistles and Safflowers
Carthamus
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).
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Kentrophyllum
sectionKentrophyllum
Carthamus
sectionCarthamus
Carduncellus
sectionCarduncellus
jeweled distaff thistle
speciesCarthamus oxyacanthus
Thamnacanthus
sectionThamnacanthus
Carthamus tamamschjanae
speciesCarthamus tamamschjanae
Carthamus × battandieri
hybridCarthamus × battandieri
Carthamus rechingeri
speciesCarthamus rechingeri
Carthamus catrouxii
speciesCarthamus catrouxii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.111
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.81
Herbarius
1485 · p.82
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.79
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.89
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.81
Garden of Health
1507 · p.73
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.116
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.443
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.671
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.441
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.917
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Carthamus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 64275.