Sonchus
Genus of flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sonchus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae[2][5] and are commonly known as sow thistles (less commonly hare thistles or hare lettuces). Sowthistles are annual, biennial or perennial herbs, with or without rhizomes and a few are even woody (subgenus Dendrosonchus, restricted to the Canary Islands and Madeira).[6][7][8][9][10]
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Sow thistles | |
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Sonchus oleraceus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
Tribe: | Cichorieae |
Subtribe: | Hyoseridinae |
Genus: | Sonchus L. |
Type species | |
Sonchus oleraceus[1][2] | |
Subgenera[3] | |
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