Carthamus glaucus M.Bieb. is a plant in the Asteraceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Carthamus glaucus M.Bieb.

Carthamus glaucus M.Bieb.

Carthamus glaucus (glaucous star thistle) is an Asteraceae species native to the Levant and Egypt, invasive in Australia and parasitized by Cuscuta babylonica.

Family
Genus
Carthamus
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Carthamus glaucus M.Bieb.

Carthamus glaucus M.Bieb., commonly known as the glaucous star thistle, is a plant species that belongs to the Asteraceae family. It is naturally found in Israel, Lebanon, and Egypt. The species has also been reported as an invasive species in Victoria, Australia. This plant is parasitized by Cuscuta babylonica.

Photo: (c) Ron Frumkin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ron Frumkin · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Carthamus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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