Slender Safflower / قوص / قُرطُم نحيل /

حنا الغزال / عصفر / قرطم / قوس /

Carthamus tenuis (Boiss. & Blanche) Bornm.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Edible
Edible part
  • Young stems
Preparation
  • Raw
Blooming period
May to September
Foraging period
February to April
Seed collection period
August to December

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Light blue
Leaf type
  • Dissected
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Carthamus L.
Family
Asteraceae
Wikidata item
Q15561182
GBIF Item
Carthamus tenuis (Boiss. & Blanche) Bornm. (3138255)

References

  1. Al-Qura’n, S. A. (2010). Ethnobotanical and ecological studies of wild edible plants in Jordan. Libyan Agriculture Research Center Journal International, 1(4), 231-243.
  2. Carthamus tenuis (Boiss. & Blanche) Bornm. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-07-31.
  3. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  4. Hamami, R.(2021).From Crown Anemone to Buchy Bean Caper.Ramallah:A.M. Qattan Foundation.(English and Arabic)
  5. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
  6. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.

Citation

Carthamus tenuis (Boiss. & Blanche) Bornm. in Barari platform (2025). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/824 accessed via barari.org on 5/10/2025.

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