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Safflower
Carthamus tinctorius
Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) is a highly branched, herbaceous, thistle-like annual plant. It is commercially cultivated for vegetable oil extracted from the seeds. Plants are 30 to 150 cm (12 to 59 in) tall with globular flower heads having yellow, orange, or red flowers. Each branch will usually have from one to five flower heads containing 15 to 20 seeds per head. Safflower is native to arid environments having seasonal rain. It grows a deep taproot which enables it...
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.295
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
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.82
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
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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 76135.