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Sonchus
sowthistle
Other common names
hawkweedmilk thistle
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Botanical details
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Sonchus
- Genus description
Sonchus are mostly annuals with a few perennials and rarely a shrub. Most produce a basal rosette of deeply-toothed leaves, upright stems with clasping leaves and yellow, dandelion-like flowers
- Name status
Correct
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