The Flora of Derbyshire - Checklist, Maps and Sample Accounts

THIS IS A DRAFT

The species account below is an early version, drafted around 2003. It has been provided here to aid understanding, but please be aware it may not fully tally with the up-to-date map and statistics shown below.

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Dates
First year: 1969
Latest year: 2003

County Status
Casual

Family
Asteraceae

Total records held
4

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 2	4
Tetrads: 2	4
Hectads: 2	4

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Apr 5 2007

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Safflower is a casual annual of tips, possibly native to south-western Asia. There are no modern records and only two earlier ones, at Melandra Tip (SK0095) in 1977 and Dimple Tip (SK2656) in 1969. Safflower has been cultivated as a crop but the plants seen probably originated from bird-seed.