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Saffron or False Star Thistle (Carihamut lanalns L.). 



1. Stem-clasping leaf. 2, 3, 4, 5. All stages, from a floral leaf to a bract. 6. Individual florets. 

 7. Anther snowing 1 bristly appearance at upper part of filament. 8 Fruir., crowned with the 

 pappus and the remains of a floret. 9. Extreme forms of the scales of the pappus. 



