Carthamus
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Saffron Thistle (Carthamus lanatus)
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The Carthamus (Cár-tha-mus) genre has mostly Mediterranean thorny plants of the Asteraceae family.
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- Carthamus arborescens L. (carthame arborescent) - south Spain and North-Western Africa
- Carthamus boissieri Halácsy, plant of the Greek islands
- Carthamus creticus L.
- Carthamus dentatus (Forssk.) Vahl, plant of the Balkans and Turkey.
- Carthamus lanatus L. in all the Mediterranean basin
- Carthamus leucocaulos Sibthorp & Smith
- Carthamus tenuis (Boiss. & Blanche) Bornm., Eastern Mediterranean
- Carthamus tinctorius L. Safflower