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Botanical Source : Carthamus
Family : Asteraceae
Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is a highly branched, herbaceous, thistle-like annual plant. It is commercially cultivated for vegetable oil extracted from the seeds. Plants are 30 to 150 cm (12 to 59 in) tall with globular flower heads having yellow, orange, or red flowers. Each branch will usually have from one to five flower heads containing 15 to 20 seeds per head. These seeds are ideal for birds and require arid climatic condition with seasonal rainfall. As a type of birdseed, safflower seeds are somewhat smaller than black oil sunflower seeds.