Safflower
Scientific Name: Carthamus tinctorius
Safflower oil is used as a source for cooking oil. Seeds are a food source for birds.
Safflower
Scientific Name: Carthamus tinctorius
Safflower
| Genus species: | Carthamus tinctorius | |||||||||||
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| Common Name: | Safflower | |||||||||||
| Family Name: | Asteraceae 
Flowers of two basic types: 1) disk florets with tubular corollas, and 2) ray florets with ligulate corollas. Heads are composed of exclusively one type or the other (discoid or ligulate), or typically with disk florets in the center and ray florets around the perimeter; fruit an achene (or cypsela). | |||||||||||
| Seed Type | Angiosperm | |||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Nonnative | |||||||||||
| Category: | Wildflower | |||||||||||
| Flower Color: | Yellow | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | J.D. Mancini | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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