Carthamus tinctorius, Safflower - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Safflower

Botanical name & synonyms: Carthamus tinctorius, Calcitrapa tinctoria, Carduus tinctorius, Carthamus glaber, Centaurea carthamus

Family: Aster, daisy, sunflower (Asteraceae, Compositae)

• native to South-East-Asia
  

• annual
  

• 50 to 130 cm
  

• flower VI to VIII
  

• plant community: dry meadow, steppe meadow
  

• oil producing plant, medicinal plant
  

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 30 gram