Common name
English: Woolly distaff thistle
German: Wollige Färberdistel
Portuguese: Cardo-beija-mão
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2654)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2163)
Order: Asterales (223)
Family: Asteraceae (222)(family description)
Genus: Carthamus (1)
Epithet: lanatus L. (2)
Synonym: Anactis pilosa Raf.
lanatus => woolly or cottony, covered with long inter-grown curly hairs
pilosa => covered thinly with long soft hairs
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow