| Carthamus leucocaulos | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Cynareae |
| Genus: | Carthamus |
| Species: | C. leucocaulos |
| Binomial name | |
| Carthamus leucocaulos Sibthorp & Smith |
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Carthamus leucocaulos, the whitestem distaff thistle or glaucous starthistle, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family. It is native to Greece and the Aegean. It is known in California and Western Australia as an introduced species and a noxious weed.