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Distaff Thistles and Safflowers
Carthamus
The genus Carthamus, the distaff thistles, includes plants in the thistle family. The group is native to Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Kentrophyllum
sectionKentrophyllum

Carthamus
sectionCarthamus

Carduncellus
sectionCarduncellus

jeweled distaff thistle
speciesCarthamus oxyacanthus

Thamnacanthus
sectionThamnacanthus

Carthamus tamamschjanae
speciesCarthamus tamamschjanae
Carthamus × battandieri
hybridCarthamus × battandieri
Carthamus rechingeri
speciesCarthamus rechingeri
Carthamus catrouxii
speciesCarthamus catrouxii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.111

Latin Herbal
1484 · p.81

Herbarius
1485 · p.82

Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.79

Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.89

Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.81

Garden of Health
1507 · p.73

The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.116

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.443

Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.671

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.441

On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.917
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Carthamus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 64275.