smooth distaff thistle
- kingdom: Plantae
- phylum: Tracheophyta
- class: Magnoliopsida
- order: Asterales
- family: Asteraceae
- genus: Carthamus
- species: Carthamus creticus
Istiaía- Livadeiá
- Orchomenós
- Stírion
Central Greece- Arkhaía Kórinthos
Peloponnese- Aígio
- Chalandrítsa
- Kalávryta
- Témeni
West Greece
Greece