Are Zaluzianskya and Carthamus native to the same parts of the world ?
Carthamus The genus Carthamus, the distaff thistles, includes plants in the thistle family. The group is native to Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia.
Cyperus laxus Cyperus laxus is a sedge species in the Cyperaceae. It is native to tropical regions of the Western Hemisphere (from Central Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina) and also to Africa (from Liberia to Zimbabwe and Tanzania). The species is reportedly naturalized in Assam and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.