Safflower:—Alternative Field Crops Manual, University of Wisconson Cooperative Extension Service, University of Minnesota Extension Service, Center for Alternative Plant & Animal Products
Evaluation of Safflower Genotypes in Northwest México—Sergio Muñoz-Valenzuela, Gabriel Chanda Musa, Lope Montoya-Coronado, and Victor Manuel Rivera-Rojas
Safflower Management and Adaptation for the High Plains—David D. Baltensperger, Glen Frickel, Drew Lyon, Jim Krall, and Tom Nightingale
The Western Regional Plant Introduction Station: A Source of Germplasm for New Crop Development—V.L. Bradley, R.C. Johnson, R.M. Hannan, D.M. Stout, and R.L. Clark
Alternate Crops for Dryland Production Systems in Northern Idaho—Kenneth D. Kephart, Glen A. Murray, and Dick L. Auld
New Crops for Canadian Agriculture—Ernest Small
Evaluation of Safflower Germplasm for Ornamental Use—Vicki L. Bradley, Robert L. Guenthner, Richard C. Johnson, and Richard M. Hannan
Handbook of Energy Crops—James A. Duke. 1983. unpublished.
Magness—J.R., G.M. Markle, C.C. Compton. 1971. Food and feed crops of the United States.
Safflower Production in California—by Steven Kaffka and Thomas Kearney, UC Davis.
Safflower—by Li Dajue, Hans-Henning Mundel—Link to the publication on the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute web site