Carthamus

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Carthamus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Carthamus (Arabic name, alluding to a color yielded by the flowers). Compositae. Hardy annuals. Plant 2—3 ft. high, with spiny lvs.: involucre with spreading and leafy outer scales and the inner ones more or less spiny; receptacle chaffy; corolla 5-fld, nearly regular, smooth, expanded above the tube: achenes glabrous, mostly 4-ribbed, the pappus none or scale-like. — A genus of 20 species, from the Canary Isls. to Cent. Asia. Of easiest cult., from seed. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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