smooth distaff thistle

Carthamus creticus

Member of distaff thistles (genus Carthamus)
thistles
sunflower family (family Asteraceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

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• corolla yellow
• cauline leaves ± deeply lobed, very spiny
• outer phyllaries generally 2 × inner
• herbage ± sparsely hairy
• stem white
• uncommon

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Chris’s observations: none

Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora