Asteraceae
Smooth distaff-thistle
Carthamus creticus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Carthamus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- قرطم كريتي
- English
- Smooth distaff-thistle
Synonyms
- Carthamus baeticus (Boiss. & Reut.) Nyman
- Carthamus lanatus subsp. baeticus (Boiss. & Reut.) Maire
- Carthamus lanatus subsp. creticus (L.) Holmboe
- Carthamus lanatus var. creticus (L.) Halácsy
- Centaurea cretica Spreng.
- Kentrophyllum baeticum Boiss. & Reut.
Photos
Photo: Tim Hammer, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Abdenour Kheloufi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Lindorff, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Lindorff, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.