Safflower
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| Family | Asteraceae |
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| Scientific name | Carthamus tinctorius |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Higher classification | Carthamus |
| Order | Asterales |
| Did you know | South Dakota, Idaho, Colorado, and Arizona also produce safflower, but with much smaller acreages. |
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| ID | 1164277 |
About Safflower
Safflower is a highly branched, herbaceous, thistle-like annual plant. It is commercially cultivated for vegetable oil extracted from the seeds and was used by the early Spanish colonies along the Rio Grande as a substitute for saffron.
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