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Leitaruga miúda (Sonchus tenerrimus L.) | Asteraceae.
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October 7, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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A familiar weed may be more diverse than we thought

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Full paper:
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Sonchus asper by Douglas Goldman / iNaturalist CC BY-SA
October 6, 2026 at 10:07 AM
sylvatica2024.bsky.social
Cornwall Botany for September at sylvatica2022.blogspot.com hope you like the selection of plants this month.
Sonchus arvensis subsp. arvensis (left) and subsp. uliginosus (right) Hybrid between American x Short-fruited Willowherbs Hybrid between Long stalked and Spear-leaved Oraches Clinopodium ascendens - Common Calamint
October 3, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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A familiar weed may be more diverse than we thought
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The common weed Sonchus asper may actually contain several distinct evolutionary groups that can be revealed by studying both its traits and DNA.
An image of a Sonchus asper capitulum from the side with the text "A familiar weed may be more diverse than we thought"
October 2, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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Functional traits reveal unaccounted diversity within Sonchus asper (L.) Hill (Asteraceae) in the northern Mediterranean and enable the reinstatement of ancient taxa https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42819532/
October 2, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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Smooth Sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
#wildflowerhour
September 27, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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Mais registrada em: RS, SC, SP, PR e RJ
Mais avistada em: setembro a janeiro
Costuma ser confundida com Lactuca indica, Erechtites hieraciifolius e Sonchus oleraceus
Também chamada de Radite-cote, Orelha-de-coelho e Almeirão-de-árvore
Mapa do Brasil dividido por estados, com 50 pontos verdes marcando registros de Lactuca canadensis no iNaturalist. Os pontos se concentram em Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Paraná e Rio de Janeiro.
September 18, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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Perennial Sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis) #WildflowerHour
September 13, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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Gewone melkdistel - Sonchus oleraceus
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Gewone melkdistel (Sonchus oleraceus) is een algemene eenjarige composietplant met stekelige bladeren. De plant heeft kleine, lichtgele lintbloemen en grijsgroene, veervormig ingesneden bladeren met een stekelig getande rand. De Nederlandse naam refereert aan het witte sap dat vrijkomt bij beschadiging. De Latijnse naam Sonchus komt van het Griekse somphos, dat hol of zacht betekent. Het slaat waarschijnlijk op de broze, holle stengel.
September 13, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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Es blüht am Meer! ⚓️🌼🌊 - Es blüht an der Ostseeküste! ⚓️🌸🌊

Foto: Acker-Gänsedistel (Sonchus arvensis) in den Dünen an der Ostseeküste.

#ackergänsedistel #sonchusarvensis #esblühtammeer #esblühtanderostseeküste
Das Foto zeigt eine ruhige Küstenlandschaft mit hellem Sandstrand, Dünengras und einer gelben Blume, die zwischen den Grashalmen wächst. Im Hintergrund ist das Meer unter einem leicht bewölkten Himmel zu sehen, und links am Rand ragen einige Wellenbrecher oder Steine ins Wasser. Auf dem Foto sieht man eine gelb blühende Wildblume, die in sandigem Boden wächst. Die Pflanze hat gezackte grüne Blätter und mehrere Blütenköpfe in verschiedenen Blühstadien. Auf dem Foto sieht man eine gelb blühende Wildblume, die in sandigem Boden wächst. Die Pflanze hat gezackte grüne Blätter und mehrere Blütenköpfe in verschiedenen Blühstadien.
September 9, 2026 at 8:49 AM
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This appears to be the glabrous (hairless) variant of Perennial Sowthistle; if so, it's the 2nd ever record for Cornwall and the 1st since 2003. I didn't notice it was lacking the glandular hairs at the time I took the pic.
Bodmin Moor today for #wildflowerhour

Sonchus arvensis subsp. uliginosus
September 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
roots.stefanbohacek.online.ap.brid.gy
Sonchus asper (Spiny sowthistle). https://images.wur.nl/digital/collection/coll13/id/129/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonchus_asper

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A drawing of a plant's root system from the linked website. - plant height: 50 centimeters / 19.7 inches - root depth: 50 centimeters / 19.7 inches - root system diameter: 45 centimeters / 17.7 inches
September 3, 2026 at 10:17 PM
cohanf.bsky.social
Interestingly, the hail also stripped off the aphids that had coated the stems prior to the storm, yet left the stems upright!
#insects #inverts #nature #weather #biodiversity #Sonchus #Asteraceae
We see the back and upper stem of a large dandelion like golden flower (see alt on main post above) plus several closed buds. The stems appear fully clothed wtih tiny pinky-grey to white insects- presumably aphid larvae? and a few marginally larger black bodied adults with more typical fly form and large transparent wings, The outer parts of the buds also have many ahids. the background is partly blurred greenery, with a nearby crabapple tree and more distant tree line letting some light through. More Sow Thistle flowers can be seen a short distance away.
September 1, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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We had a significant hail storm Saturday night, and I was out yesterday to survey the damage (vid to come). These Sonchus /Sow Thistles lost a lot of leaves, but some flowers + buds remain- good for late season #pollinators, but not lucky for this #Bee!
#composites #insects #Alberta 🌱📷🌿 #spider
A slightly pendant flower droops into the frame from upper left against a blurred vauely green and shadowy background. Being in the composite family with daisies, dandelions etc, this is actually a flower head composed of many many tiny flowers, rather than standard flower parts like petals. This one has mostly (entirely?) ray florets which resemble petals, kind of like a bigger, shaggier dandelion in deep gold, with many paler thread-like stamens in the centre. To the lower right a close look reveals a hidden danger: a crab spider which has adopted a yellow colour (paler than the flowers) to camouflage it among the golden rays. Its ploy has worked and it has captured a tiny native bee which dangles lifelessly, wings out. A closer view of the same scene, focussing on the spider which is a pale not quite translucent yellow- kind of like candle wax, and the bee which is tiny, slim and black with just a very fine golden fuzz visible in close-up only, more ant-like than the more well known larger chunkier bees.
September 1, 2026 at 8:04 PM
stevieparsons.bsky.social
Some #SeedHeads found in the hedgerows around my Dorset village this weekend. See ALT text. #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Dandelion (Taraxacum sp.), Curly Dock (Rumex crispus) with Sloe Bug (Dolycoris baccarum), Greater Plantain (Plantago major), Yarrow (Achillea millefolium), Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra), Wild Carrot (Daucus carota), Hedge Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica), Nettle (Urtica dioica), Russian-vine (Fallopia baldschuanica), Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare). Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium), Prickly Sow-thistle (Sonchus asper), Red Valerian (Valeriana rubra), Timothy grass (Phleum pratense), Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttata), Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria), Thistle sp., Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum), Hemlock Water-dropwort (Oenanthe crocata).
August 30, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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My annual visit to see the reintroduced Marsh Sow-thistle, Sonchus palustris at a Thames-side wetland in East London for #WildflowerHour (unfortunately mistyped yesterday 😩)
August 24, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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Sonchus arvensis (Common Sow Thistle). https://images.wur.nl/digital/collection/coll13/id/186/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonchus_arvensis

#plants #roots #illustration
A drawing of a plant's root system from the linked website. - plant height: 60 centimeters / 23.6 inches - root depth: 56 centimeters / 22.0 inches - root system diameter: 80 centimeters / 31.5 inches
August 22, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Good and bad, there are plenty of Trojan horses in the gardening world

https://www.allforgardening.com/1933414/good-and-bad-there-are-plenty-of-trojan-horses-in-the-gardening-world/

Closeup of a bright yellow sow thistle, or Sonchus arvensis. (Getty) In the field of gardening, there are two …
Good and bad, there are plenty of Trojan horses in the gardening world - All For Gardening
Closeup of a bright yellow sow thistle, or Sonchus arvensis. (Getty)
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August 21, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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#WildflowerHour #CommonNames Perennial Sow-thistle, Sonchus arvensis on a verge near Monmouth. Tradition has it that the Sonchus genus, Sow-thistles, were fed to lactating sows to increase milk production. Older legends include strengthening hares.
August 17, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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Sonchus oleraceus (sow thistle). https://images.wur.nl/digital/collection/coll13/id/183/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonchus_oleraceus

#plants #roots #illustration
A drawing of a plant's root system from the linked website. - plant height: 130 centimeters / 51.2 inches - root depth: 100 centimeters / 39.4 inches - root system diameter: 129 centimeters / 50.8 inches
August 17, 2026 at 10:18 AM
andsome.bsky.social
Smooth Sow-thistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
#Cymraeg: llaethysgallen lefn; ysgallen y moch; mochysgallen; ysgallen laethog; llymeidfwyd
#Kernewek: askall mogh (coll.) askallen vogh (sing.)
#Liverpool
#WildflowerHour: 8-9pm every Sunday / bob dydd Sul
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Smooth Sow-thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) #Cymraeg: llaethysgallen lefn; ysgallen y moch; mochysgallen; ysgallen laethog; llymeidfwyd #Kernewek: askall mogh (coll.) askallen vogh (sing.) #Liverpool #WildflowerHour: 8-9pm every Sunday / bob dydd Sul @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #CommonNames common sowthistle sow thistle smooth sow thistle annual sow thistle hare's colwort hare's lettuce hare's thistle milky tassel milk thistle soft thistle thow-thistle; thoo-thistle (Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire) dindle; dindel (Norfolk; Scotland; Northumberland; Devon; Cornwall) milky-dashel sow-dingle swine-thistle swiney (Durham) Welsh common names / enwau cyffredin Cymraeg * llaethysgallen lefn (preferred Welsh name "smooth milk-thistle") * llaethysgallen ("milk-thistle") * llaethysgallen gyffredin ("common milk-thistle") * mochysgallen ("pig-thistle" or "sow-thistle") * mochysgallen gyffredin ("common sow-thistle") * ysgallen y moch ("thistle of the pigs") * ysgallen goch ("red thistle") * llymeidfwyd ("sip-food" / "supping-food," llymeid>llymaid="liquid food" referencing the milky latex inside the plant stem) #langsky
August 16, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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Pumpkin Spice Sonchus Oleraceus
August 14, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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#Flores en #AsturiasParaisoNatural

Sonchus arvensis L.
August 12, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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Surprising how many of the #DaisyFamily are coping with heat and drought, brightening browned lawns and path edges everywhere #WildflowerHour (names in Alt).
August 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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Gegroefde melkdistel - Sonchus asper
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De Gekroesde melkdistel (Sonchus asper) is een algemene eenjarige plant met stekelige bladeren en gele bloemhoofdjes in losse pluimen. De Nederlandse naam verwijst naar het witte, zure sap dat de plant bij een breuk afscheidt. Deze soort groeit op vochtige, open, voedselrijke grond en wordt 30-60 cm hoog. Een belangrijk kenmerk is dat de oortjes aan de bladvoet rondgedraaid tegen de stengel aanstaan.
August 5, 2026 at 9:43 PM