Common name
English: Woolly distaff thistle
German: Wollige Färberdistel
Portuguese: Cardo-beija-mão
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Asterales (229)
Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)
Genus: Carthamus (1)
Epithet: lanatus L. (2)
Synonyms: Anactis pilosa Raf., Calcitrapa lanuginosa Dum.Cours., Cathamus lanatus L., Hohenwartha gymnogyne Vest, Kentrophyllum lanatum (L.) DC., Kentrophyllum turbinatum Gasp.
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