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Pronunciation: kar-THAM-us tink-TORE-ee-us
Common name: Safflower
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Disturbed places, roadsides to 3000', escape from cultivation as oil-seed crop, native to Mediterranean, not naturalized
Blooming period: April to July (September)
Name derivations: 1) Carthamus 2) tinctorius