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Safflower

Carthamus tinctorius

95Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
21Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May0
Jun0
Jul22
Aug54
Sep10
Oct5
Nov2
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England8
2Cambridgeshire England5
3Essex England4
4Salford England4
5Kent England3
6Oxfordshire England3
7Worcestershire England3
8Somerset England3
9Cornwall England2
10North Yorkshire England2
11Cumbria England2
12Leeds England2
13Stockport England2
14Powys Wales1
15Fife Scotland1
16 England1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 21 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
95
Peak month
August
Counties with records
21
Scientific name
Carthamus tinctorius
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
137
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Carthamus
Name with authority
Carthamus tinctorius L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q156625 · GBIF 3138327