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Carthamus lanatus
Also called Downy Safflower, Saffron Thistle, Woolly Safflower, Woolly Star Thistle, Distaff Thistle, Woolly Thistle, Yellow Star Thistle
Carthamus lanatus is an annual thistle from the Mediterranean, closely related to safflower, and is a noxious weed in parts of North America and southern Australia. It is a spiny, woolly plant that grows well in full sun and dry, open ground.
Carthamus lanatus is a species of thistle known as woolly distaff thistle, downy safflower or saffron thistle. It is closely related to safflower (Carthamus tinctorius). This annual plant is a native of the Mediterranean Basin, but it is familiar in other places where it was introduced and has become a noxious weed, such as in parts of North America and southern Australia with similar climates.
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