Carthamus creticus

Carthamus creticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Carthamus
Species:	C. creticus
Binomial name
Carthamus creticus L.
Synonyms
Carthamus lanatus subsp. baeticus (Boiss. & Reut.) Maire Carthamus baeticus (Boiss. & Reut.) Nyman Carthamus lanatus subsp. baeticus (Boiss. & Reut.) Nyman Carthamus lanatus var. creticus (L.) Halácsy Kentrophyllum baeticum Boiss. & Reut. Carthamus lanatus subsp. creticus (L.) Holmboe Carthamus divaricatus Bég. & Vacc. Centaurea cretica (L.) Spreng.

Carthamus creticus is a plant species in the family Asteraceae, related to safflower.

It is native to the Mediterranean region including Europe (Spain, Portugal, France, Britain, Italy, Greece, Malta, Serbia, Bosnia, etc.), North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Libya) and southwestern Asia (Turkey, Palestine, Cyprus). It is also naturalized in New Zealand and California.