Alien
Carthamus_tinctorius_2 © OBG
Carthamus_tinctorius_3 © OBG
Carthamus_tinctorius_4 © OBG
Carthamus_tinctorius_5 © OBG
Carthamus_tinctorius_6 © OBG
Carthamus_tinctorius_7 © OBG
Carthamus_tinctorius_8 © OBG
Carthamus_tinctorius © OBG
Annual her ; up to 1 m tall , with a strong taproot . Stems erect , stout and rigid , branched , glabrous , pale yellow-green . Leaves alternate , sessile , ± 4-9 x 1-3 cm , ovate to lanceolate , glossy , base cuneate to clasping , apex obtuse , with entire to spiny-serrate margin . Inflorescences solitary at the end of the branches , 1-5 heads per plant . Flowers tubular , perfect ; corolla orange to red ; stamens and pistils yellow . Fruit achenes , ± 6-8 x 3-4 mm , obliquely obovoid , weakly angular , smooth , pale . Seeds pappus , of ± 6 mm long bristles or absent . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Not Common
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Calcitrapa tinctoria (L.) Röhl.
Carduus tinctorius (L.) Falk
Carthamus glaber Burm.f.
Carthamus tinctorius var. spinosus Kitam.
Centaurea carthamus E.H.L.Krause
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Safflower
False Saffron
Dyers' Saffron
Cultivated for making well-known orange-red dye 'dehan' smeared on the forehead by women. Also, used as a treatment for headache by adding rose water. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden). In Omani studies: Ghazanfar (2015) wrote that: "Safflower is widely cultivated in many parts of Arabia for the red-coloured dye obtained from the flowers used as a cosmetic, for dyeing cloth and wool, and as food colour; also the entire plant has been used in traditional medicine for treating red and swollen eyes". (Ref. Flora of Oman; vol.3).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *http://gernot-katzers-spice-pages.com *Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction. Doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02711-4. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
