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Rhaponticum carthamoides
Maral Root

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DERIVATION
Rhaponticum - rha from the black Sea area, our vegetable rhubarb
carthamoides - resembling Carthamus, Carthamus-oides Carthamus Painted-one, from Hebrew, qarthami, an orange-red dye (false saffron, Arabic, safra, is made from safflower, Carthamus tinctorius
FAMILY Asteraceae (Aster Family)  Other Plants in the Aster Family
HABIT Herbaceous
RANGE China (Xinjiang), Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia
FLOWERS Purple
HARDINESS USDA Zone 4 (Coldest zone where hardy)
SUN REQUIREMENTS Sun | Partial shade
SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS Steppe Plant Collection
COMMON NAME(S) Maral Root
SYNONYMS Leuzea carthamoides Stemmacantha carthamoides

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