Carthamus tinctorius

Botanical Description

Carthamus tinctorius is an erect, thistle-like, often spined annual plant that can grow up to 180cm tall. The plant has a deep taproot and a strong stem with many branches, each terminating in a flower[ 219 Title Gardening on Walls Publication Author Grey-Wilson. C. & Matthews. V. Publisher Collins Year 1983 ISBN 0-00-219220-0 Description A nice little book about plants for growing against walls and a small section on plants that can grow in walls. , 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. Safflower has been grown for thousands of years for the dye that can be obtained from the flowers and for the oil-rich seeds[ 238 Title Encyclopaedia of Herbs and their Uses. Publication Author Bown. D. Publisher Dorling Kindersley, London. Year 1995 ISBN 0-7513-020-31 Description A very well presented and informative book on herbs from around the globe. Plenty in it for both the casual reader and the serious student. Just one main quibble is the silly way of having two separate entries for each plant. ]. The dye is not much used nowadays, having been replaced by chemical dyes, but the plant is still widely cultivated commercially in warm temperate and tropical areas of the world for its oil-rich seed.