Carthamus leucocaulos

Carthamus leucocaulos, the whitestem distaff thistle or glaucous starthistle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Turkey, Greece, and the Aegean. It is known in California and Western Australia as an introduced species and a noxious weed.^[1]

Carthamus leucocaulos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Carthamus
Species:	C. leucocaulos
Binomial name
Carthamus leucocaulos Sibthorp & Smith

Carthamus leucocaulos achenes