Safflower - Poor mans Saffron - Heirloom Herb - Carthamus tinctorius - 5 Seeds Purslane with five white petals and

with five white petals and about 20 stamens

plants branched

Description - Lime Green Flesh

and eight stamens

Varies from dwarf multi-stemmed shrub to a 3m shrub with a single trunk with black bark and wide green to bluish-green leathery leaves

Safflower - Poor mans Saffron - Heirloom Herb - Carthamus tinctorius - 5 Seeds Purslane with five white petals andA highly branched, herbaceous, thistle like annual plant. It is commercially cultivated for vegetable oil extracted from the seeds. Plants are 30 to 150 cm tall with globular flower heads having yellow, orange, or red flowers. Each branch will usually have between one to five flower heads containing 15 to 20 seeds per head. Safflower is native to arid environments having seasonal rain. It grows a deep taproot which enables it to thrive in such