Safflower - Poor mans Saffron - Heirloom Herb - Carthamus tinctorius - 5 Seeds Pelargonium The flesh has a firm

The flesh has a firm texture and contains more and larger seeds than a common tomato

bearing in lower parts of stems dense half whorls of stiff

and the delicate flower fades with the advancing sunlight

and too distasteful to eat

The common name of the genus

Safflower - Poor mans Saffron - Heirloom Herb - Carthamus tinctorius - 5 Seeds Pelargonium The flesh has a firmA 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