Sonchus oleraceus |
Sonchus asper |
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common sow-thistle |
prickly sow-thistle |
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Habit | Plants annual or biennial, 10–150+ cm; taprooted. | Plants annual or biennial, 10–120+ cm; taprooted. |
Stems | hollow. |
hollow. |
Leaves | 5–35 × 1–15 cm, usually pinnately lobed; lobes deltate to lanceolate; auricles straight, not coiled against stem; lobes acute. |
5–30 × 1–15 cm, usually pinnately lobed; lobes deltate; auricles coiled against stems; lobes rounded. |
Involucres | 9–13+ mm. |
9–15 mm. |
Florets | 15–150+; ligules 10–30 mm; ? tubes, yellow. |
20–150+; ligules 10–15+ mm, usually < tubes, yellow. |
Phyllaries | 12–50+; surfaces glabrous or stipitate-glandular. |
20–50; surfaces usually glabrous, sometimes hispid or stipitate-glandular. |
Fruits | 2.5–3.8 mm, dark brown, rugulose or tuberculate. |
2–3 mm; straw-colored to reddish brown; smooth. |
2n | =32, 36. |
=18. |
Sonchus oleraceus |
Sonchus asper |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Hillsides, roadsides, streambanks, fields, disturbed areas. Flowering Apr–Oct. 0–1400 m. Col, CR, Est, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; throughout North America; Europe. Exotic. |
Open woods, meadows, hillsides, dunes, disturbed sites, streambanks. Flowering May–Sep. 0–1500 m. Casc, CR, ECas, Est, Lava, Owy, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; throughout North America; Europe. Exotic. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 348 Kenton Chambers |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 348 Kenton Chambers |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Sonchus asper ssp. asper | |
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