Hebrew: קורטם דק, Arabic: قرطم , عصفر
| Scientific name: | Carthamus tenuis (Boiss. & Blanche) Borum | |
| Synonym name: | Kentrophyllum tenue Boiss. & Blanche, Carthamus gracilis Čelak. | |
| Common name: | Slender safflower | |
| Hebrew name: | קורטם דק | |
| Arabic name: | قرطم , عصفر | |
| Plant Family: | Compositae / Asteraceae, מורכבים |
Location: Netanya, the Dora rain pool |
| Life form: | Therophyte, annual | |
| Spinescence: | Leaves, bracts | |
| Stems: | 30-180 cm. herbage glabrous to ± glandular and/or ± tomentose; Stems usually erect , branched distally or throughout | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, rosette, dissected once, dentate or serrate, spinescent | |
| Flowers: | Light blue, bracts spinescent | |
| Fruits / Pods: | Cypselae oblong to obpyramidal, ± 4-angled; Pappus twice as long as achenes | |
| Flowering Period: | May, June, July, August, September | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Location: Netanya, the Dora rain pool Derivation of the botanical name: Carthamus, from the Arabic verb qurtum [قرطم] "dye", in reference to the usage of safflower flowers for textile dyeing. tenuis, "slender, thin". Kentrophyllum, κέντρον, kentron, a point (from kentein, to prick); phyllon, φυλλον, leaf, foliage; pointed leaves. gracilis, graceful, slender. The Yiddish name zeyfblum [זײפֿבלום] means "soap-flower" (zeyf [זײף] "soap" und blum [בלום] "flower").
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