Carthamus lanatus Calflora

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Taxon Report

Carthamus lanatus L.

Woolly distaff thistle

2019 Lenihan Mazur

2019 Danielle Carney

2008 Eric Wrubel

2019 Danielle Carney

2022 Danielle Carney

2006 Luigi Rignanese

Carthamus lanatus is an annual herb that is not native to California.

Cal-IPC rating: moderate


	Plant Range Observation Search (959 records) Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Genus:	Carthamus
Family:	Asteraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JEF	Carthamus lanatus ssp. lanatus

Information about Carthamus lanatus from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (CALA20) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Cal-IPC Profile rating: moderate Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 02/05/2023).