Sonchus arvensis L.

ASTERACEAE

- Aster family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Sonchus arvensis L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 793 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Field sowthistle

English name: corn sow thistle

English name: field sow thistle

French name: laiteron des champs

Italian name: Grespino dei campi

German name: gewöhnliche Acker-Gänsedistel

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Sonchus arvensis L. ssp. arvensis
2) Sonchus arvensis L. ssp. uliginosus (M. Bieb.) Nyman
3) Sonchus arvensis L. var. glabrescens Guenth., Grab. & Wimm.
4) Sonchus arvensis L. var. shumovichii B. Boivin

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Sonchus
Species:

Page counter: 1818 ( AVG: 221.19 / 219.911 )

Gallery:

Sonchus arvensis
Picture modified from Graebner, Paul - Taschenbuch zum Pflanzenbestimmen (1918) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.

Sonchus arvensis
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Sonchus arvensis
Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (1885) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

Sonchus arvensis
Credit: Photo by Graziano Favaro - Masera' di Padova

Sonchus arvensis
Walter Hood Fitch - Illustrations of the British Flora (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

Sonchus arvensis
Credit: Photo by Enrico Romani

Sonchus arvensis
Jan Kops et al. - Flora Batava - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

Sonchus arvensis
Credit: Photo by Graziano Favaro - Masera' di Padova

Sonchus arvensis
Credit: Photo by Enrico Romani

Sonchus arvensis
Credit: Photo by Pino Perino

Sonchus arvensis
Credit: Photo by Graziano Favaro - Masera' di Padova

Sonchus arvensis
Credit: Photo by Pino Perino

Sonchus arvensis
Credit: Photo by Enrico Romani

Sonchus arvensis
Credit: Photo by Pino Perino

Sonchus arvensis
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.

Sonchus arvensis
Credit: Photo by Graziano Favaro - Masera' di Padova

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)

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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Sonchus arvensis L. ssp. arvensis [453]
2) Sonchus arvensis L. ssp. uliginosus (M. Bieb.) Nyman [3261]
3) Sonchus arvensis L. var. glabrescens Guenth., Grab. & Wimm. [166]
4) Sonchus asper (L.) Hill ssp. asper [423]
5) Sonchus oleraceus L. [4543]
6) Sonchus tenerrimus L. [2045]
7) Sophora davidii (Franch.) Skeels [248]
8) Sophora kentukea Dum. Cours. [276]
9) Sophora tomentosa L. ssp. bahamensis Yakovlev [247]
10) Sophronanthe hispida Benth. ex Lindl. [206]

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