Carthamus L.

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, North Caucasus, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belgium, Borneo, British Columbia, California, Cambodia, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Germany, Hainan, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Montana, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Ohio, Oregon, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Qinghai, Queensland, Romania, South Australia, South Carolina, South European Russi, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Switzerland, Tasmania, Thailand, Tibet, Uruguay, Utah, Victoria, Vietnam, Washington, Western Australia, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zimbabwe

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of Somalia

• Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
• Hanelt in Feddes Rep. 67: 41–180 (1963).