Carthamus lanatus
Carthamus lanatus L.
- kingdom Plantae
- phylum Magnoliophyta
- class Magnoliopsida
- order Asterales
- family Asteraceae
- genus Carthamus
Common Names
شوك عنتر (شوك عَنْتَر) (Arabic), شوارب عنتر (شوارب عَنتر) (Arabic)
Languages: English
Ecology and Distribution
Global Distribution
Mediterranean region, western and central Europe, southern Russia, Caucasus, Arabia, Iraq, Iran, extending to central Asia.
Distribution in Egypt
Nile and Mediterranean regions.
Habitat
Waste ground, roadsides, edges of cultivation.
Life Expectancy
Annual.
References
(Submitted). Flora of Egypt. Cairo: Al Hadara Publishing..