HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Carthamus tinctorius L., widely accepted as Safflower or false saffron, belongs to the Compositae or Asteraceae family.

Detailed explanation-2: -Common names of Safflower are Dyers’ saffron, False saffron. In Kannada it is known as Kushubi, in Hindi it is Kusum, in Tamil it is Kusumba.

Detailed explanation-3: -Carthamus tinctorius-Safflower. Safflower is an annual plant native to the Mediterranean countries and cultivated in Europe and the U.S. Its glabrous, branching stem grows from 1 to 3 feet high and bears alternate, sessile, oblong, or ovate-lanceolate leaves armed with small, spiny teeth.