Sonchus Plants — Species, Care & Identification
Sonchus is a plant genus in the Asteraceae family. PlantoScan has care guides for 33 species in this genus. Each guide covers watering, light, soil, hardiness zone and pet toxicity, with sources.
Sonchus species
Species Plantarum
Sonchus arvensis
4028mdk09CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Arctic Sowthistle
Sonchus brachyotus
DalgialCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Sonchus brassicifolius
Flavien SaboureauCC BY 4.0iNaturalistresized
Nytt Mag. Bot.
Sonchus canariensis
Frank VincentzCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Common sowthistle
Sonchus capillaris
Peter coxheadCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Canary Island Sowthistle
Sonchus congestus
NanosanchezPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Glaucous sowthistle
Sonchus glaucescens
KENPEICC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Water Sowthistle
Sonchus hydrophilus
Kevin Thiele from Perth, AustraliaCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Sonchus asper var. littoralis
Sonchus kirkii
Krzysztof Ziarnek, KenraizCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Common Sowthistle
Sonchus oleraceus
AlvesgasparCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
La Palma Sowthistle
Sonchus palmensis
H. ZellCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Marsh Sowthistle
Sonchus palustris
Carl Axel Magnus LindmanPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Shore Sowthistle
Sonchus phoeniciformis
Flavien SaboureauCC BY 4.0iNaturalistresized
Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc.
Sonchus ustulatus
James SteakleyCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
- Sonchus acaulisSonchus acaulisPlantoScan
Sonchus acaulis
- Fairy's ThistleSonchus aemulusPlantoScan
Fairy's Thistle
Sonchus aemulus
- Sonchus berteroanusSonchus berteroanusPlantoScan
Sonchus berteroanus
- Sonchus bornmuelleriSonchus bornmuelleriPlantoScan
Sonchus bornmuelleri
- Sonchus daltoniiSonchus daltoniiPlantoScan
Sonchus daltonii
- Sonchus gandogeriSonchus gandogeriPlantoScan
Sonchus gandogeri
- Sonchus laceratusSonchus laceratusPlantoScan
Sonchus laceratus
- Lobeleaf sowthistleSonchus lobatiflorusPlantoScan
Lobeleaf sowthistle
Sonchus lobatiflorus
- Perennial sow-thistleSonchus marginatusPlantoScan
Perennial sow-thistle
Sonchus marginatus
- Slender sow thistleSonchus micranthusPlantoScan
Slender sow thistle
Sonchus micranthus
- Sea HollySonchus neriifoliusPlantoScan
Sea Holly
Sonchus neriifolius
- New Zealand SowthistleSonchus novae-zelandiaePlantoScan
New Zealand Sowthistle
Sonchus novae-zelandiae
- Sonchus pruinatusSonchus pruinatusPlantoScan
Sonchus pruinatus
- Giant sow thistleSonchus regiusPlantoScan
Giant sow thistle
Sonchus regius
- Shore SowthistleSonchus sinuatusPlantoScan
Shore Sowthistle
Sonchus sinuatus
- Shore SowthistleSonchus splendensPlantoScan
Shore Sowthistle
Sonchus splendens
- Slender SowthistleSonchus tenerrimusPlantoScan
Slender Sowthistle
Sonchus tenerrimus
- Sonchus wightianusSonchus wightianusPlantoScan
Sonchus wightianus
- Sonchus wilmsiiSonchus wilmsiiPlantoScan
Sonchus wilmsii
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