Summary description from Wikipedia:

Carthamus caeruleus in languages:

Chinese

藍紅花

Czech

bodlák modrý

English

Blue Thistle

French

Cardoncelle bleue

Portuguese

Cardo-azul

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Parent Taxon

• Carthamus

Sibling Taxa

• Carthamus atractyloides
• Carthamus caeruleus
• Carthamus calvus
• Carthamus carduncellus
• Carthamus carthamoides
• Carthamus cespitosus
• Carthamus chouletteanus
• Carthamus dianius
• Carthamus duvauxii
• Carthamus eriocephalus
• Carthamus helenioides
• Carthamus hispanicus
• Carthamus ilicifolius
• Carthamus lucens
• Carthamus matritensis
• Carthamus mitissimus
• Carthamus multifidus
• Carthamus pectinatus
• Carthamus pinnatus
• Carthamus plumosus
• Carthamus pomelianus
• Carthamus reboudianus
• Carthamus rhaponticoides
• Carthamus strictus
• Carthamus × faurei

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