Asteraceae
Woolly distaff thistle
Carthamus lanatus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Carthamus
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- قرطم صوفي, شوارب عنتر, قرطم بري
- arz
- قرطم صوفى
- Asturian
- Azotacristos
- Bulgarian
- Жълтоцветен аспрут
- Chinese
- 毛紅花, 毛红花, 陀螺红花
- Croatian
- Vunasti bodalj
- Czech
- Světlice vlnatá
- English
- Woolly distaff thistle
- Finnish
- Villasaflori
- French
- Carthame laineux, Centaurée laineuse, Faux Safran
- Galician
- Cártamo silvestre, Cardo cabreiro
- German
- Wollige Färberdistel
- Italian
- Zafferanone selvatico
- kab
- Ḥasek
- Persian
- گلرنگ زعفرانی
- Spanish
- Azafran rumi silvestre, Azafran rumi-silvestre, Azafran rumí silvestre, Azafrán rumi-silvestre, Azafrán rumí silvestre, Azafrán rumí-silvestre, Azota Cristos, Cardo de uva
- Welsh
- Safflwr gwlanog
Synonyms
- Anactis pilosa Raf.
- Atractylis fusus-agrestis Gaertn.
- Atractylis lanata (L.) Scop.
- Atractylis leucocephala Moench
- Atractylis lutea Bubani
- Atractylis pilosa Moench
- Calcitrapa lanuginosa Steud.
- Carduncellus lanatus (L.) Moris
- Carduus attractylis Garsault
- Carthamus albus Desf.
- Carthamus exsuccus Chaix
- Carthamus lanatus var. algeriensis Batt.
- Carthamus lanatus var. divaricatus (Bég. & Vacc.) Pamp.
- Carthamus lanatus var. lanatus
- Carthamus macedonicus Herzog
- Carthamus tauricus M.Bieb.
- Carthamus turbinatus Nyman
- Centaurea lanata (L.) Lam. & DC.
- Kentrophyllum elatum Gasp.
- Kentrophyllum lanatum (L.) DC.
- Kentrophyllum lanatum subsp. lanatum
- Kentrophyllum lanatum var. lanatum
- Kentrophyllum turbinatum Gasp. ex Guss.
- Onobroma lanata (L.) Hornem.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.