Asteraceae
Whitestem distaff thistle
Carthamus leucocaulos
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Carthamus
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Carthamus leucocaulosAsteraceae
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- قرطم نجمي شاحب
- arz
- قرطم نجمى شاحب
- Chinese
- 白茎红花
- English
- Whitestem distaff thistle
- Persian
- گل گندم کرکدار
Synonyms
- Carthamus leucophaeus Thell.
- Carthamus persicus Willd. ex Boiss.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
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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.