Thursday, December 31, 2009

Safflower Carthamus

The safflower plant is a part of the genus Carthamus.  Characteristics of plants in the Carthamus genus are; tubular yellow or orange flowers, annual, flowers in the Summer, usually less than one meter in height.  There are 14 different species in the Carthamus genus. Safflower is the most popularly known because of its uses in health supplements, dyes, and bird seed.

So basically Safflower is the most popularly plant in the Carthamus Genus. Carthamus plants are usually:
-consisting of tubular flowers
-yellow or orange
-annual
-flower in Summer
-shorter than 1 meter
Thanks for reading about Safflower Carthamus.

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