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Safflower
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Safflower
 Kingdom Plantae
DivisionAngiospermae
ClassDicotyledanae
Order
Family Asteraceae
Sub familyAsteroidae
GenusCarthamus
SpeciesTinctorius
Binomial NameCarthamus Tinctorius

Safflower is a branching thistle-like herbaceous annual or winter plant, with numerous spines on leaves and bracts, mainly grown in dry hot climates as an oilseed, birdseed or for its flowers, used as dyes and for medicinal purposes. Plants are 30-150cm tall with globular flower heads and brilliant yellow, orange or red flowers.


Species infecting Safflower
P.nicotianae
 
Designed and Developed by: Alias E., Shaji A., M. Anandaraj and S.J. Eapen, Bioinformatics Centre, IISR, Calicut.