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Asteraceae

Safflower

Carthamus tinctorius L.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Carthamus

Pets and kids

  • CatsNot sure
  • DogsNot sure
  • KidsNot sure
Why

Cats: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Dogs: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Kids: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.

Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.

Safflower: Carthamus tinctorius , Asteraceae, Safflower, habitus; Botanical Garden KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (81)
aeb
زعفران
Amharic
ሱፍ
Arabic
عصفر, أحريض, جرجوم, جوزر, قرطم
arz
العصفر
Azerbaijani
Boyaq ulaxqanqalı
ban
Kesumba
Bangla
কুসুম ফুল, কুসুম
Basque
Kartamo
Belarusian
Сафлор фарбавальны
bik
Kartamo
bo
གུར་ཀུམ།
Bulgarian
Шафранка
Burmese
ဆူးပန်း
Cantonese
紅花
Catalan
C. tinctorius, Càrtam, Safranó, Vermelló
ce
Даьтта доккху баӀ
Central Kurdish
کاخڵی
Chinese
川紅花, 紅花, 红花, 刺红花, 红花子, 红蓝花, 草红花
Croatian
Šafranika
Czech
Světlice barvířská, Saflor
Dutch
Saffloer
English
Safflower
Estonian
Värvisafloor
Finnish
Värisaflori, Kartamus, Kartamusuute, Saflori
French
Carthame des teinturiers
Galician
Cártamo, Azafrán bastardo, Sasafrán bastardo
Georgian
Ალისარჩული
German
Färberdistel, Falscher Safran, Färbedistel, Färbersaflor, Safflor, Saflor, Öldistel
Hebrew
חריע, קורטם הצבעים, שמן חריע
Hindi
कुसुम
hsb
Barbjerska swětlica
Hungarian
Sáfrányos szeklice, Kerti pórsáfrány, Olajözön
Indonesian
Kesumba
io
Kartamo
Irish
Cróch bréige
Italian
Cartamo o zafferanone, Cartamo, Zafferanone
Japanese
ベニバナ, コウカ, 末摘花, 紅花
Kannada
ಕುಸುಬಿ
Kazakh
Maqsır, Мақсыр, ماقسىر
Korean
잇꽃
lah
کسنبھ
Latvian
Krāsu saflors
Lithuanian
Dažinis dygminas
lzh
紅藍
Macedonian
Шафраника
mad
Kasombhâ
Malay
Kesumba
Malayalam
ചെണ്ടൂരകം, Safflower
Manipuri
ꯀꯨꯁꯨꯝꯂꯩ
Marathi
करडई
mnc
ᠵᡳ ᡳᠯᡥᠠ
mwl
Alçafran
Nepali
कुसुम
Norwegian Bokmål
Safrantistel, Fargetistel, Saflor
Odia
କୁସୁମ
pam
Kasuba
Pashto
ځريځه
Persian
گلرنگ, کاجیره, کاغاله, گل رنگ
Polish
Krokosz barwierski, Kartamus
Portuguese
Açafrão-bastardo, Alçafrão, Açafrão, Cártamo
Punjabi
ਕਸੁੰਭ
Romanian
Șofrănel
Russian
Сафлор красильный, Сафлор
Serbian
Шафраника
Serbian (Latin)
Šafranika, Šafranika / Шафраника
shn
တူၼ်ႈမွၵ်ႇဢဵင်ႈၶႄး
Sindhi
کھنبو
Slovak
Požlt farbiarsky
Slovenian
Navadni rumenik, Divji žafran, Rumenik
Spanish
Cártamo, Alazor, Aceite de cartamo, Azafran romi, Azafran romin, Azafrancillo de Mexico, Azafrancillo de México, Azafrán romi
Sundanese
Kasumba
Swedish
Safflor, Färgtistel
Telugu
కుసుమ
Thai
คำฝอย, Safflower
Turkish
Aspir, Boyacı aspiri, Yalancı safran
Ukrainian
Сафлор красильний
Urdu
گلرنگ
Uzbek
Maxsar
Vietnamese
Hồng hoa
Welsh
Safflwr
wuu
红花

Synonyms

  • Calcitrapa tinctoria (L.) Röhl.
  • Calcitrapa tinctoria Röhl.
  • Carduus tinctorius Ehrh.
  • Carduus tinctorius (L.) Falk
  • Carthamus glaber Burm.f.
  • Carthamus tinctorius var. albus Alef.
  • Carthamus tinctorius var. croceus Alef.
  • Carthamus tinctorius var. flavus Alef.
  • Carthamus tinctorius var. spinosus Kitam.
  • Carthamus tinctorius var. tinctorius
  • Centaurea carthamus E.H.L.Krause

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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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.