| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Carthamus caeruleus L. trib. Cardueae |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 830 (1753) |
| Native Range | Macaronesia, w. Europe to Medit. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Altitude | 0-1800m |
| Description | leaves papilose-pubescent, lower leaves oblong-lanceolate, petiolate, the upper sessile, all serrate or incised, spinose, capitula large, terminal, involucre spinose |
| Size | 20-50cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C root cuttings in late winter |
| Synonyms | Carduncellus caeruleus (L.) C.Presl Carduncellus caeruleus var. dentatus DC. Carduncellus caeruleus var. incisus DC. Carduncellus caeruleus var. launaefolia Rivas Goday & Esteve Carduncellus caeruleus ssp. tingitanus (L.) Rivas Goday & Rivas Mart. Carduncellus multifidus Coss. Carduncellus tingitanus DC. ex Duby Carduncellus tingitanus var. corymbosus Guss. Carthamodes caeruleum (L.) Kuntze Carthamus caeruleus var. dentatus (DC.) Rouy Carthamus caeruleus var. incisus (DC.) Sch.Bip. Carthamus caeruleus var. tingitanus (L.) Ball Carthamus carolinensis Bucholz Carthamus tingitanus (L.) L. Centaurea tingitana L. Kentrophyllum caeruleum (L.) Gren. & Godr. Kentrophyllum tingitanum (L.) Ces. & al. Lamottea caerulea (L.) Pomel Onobroma caeruleum (L.) Gaertn. Onobroma caeruleum var. pinnatifidum Hoffmanns. & Link Onobroma tingitana (L.) Sweet |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (GRB Great Britain) 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 21 Macaronesia (CNY Canary Is., MDR Madeira) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |