| Plants : Asteraceae | Ferns and Flowering Plants |
Sonchus asper (L.) Hill
Prickly Sow-thistle
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| Sonchus asper |
Description: Of the three sow-thistles (Sonchus) this is the only one with prickly leaves. Common in waste ground, hedgebanks, roadsides etc.
All names: Sonchus asper (L.) Hill
Distribution Map from NBN: Sonchus asper at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Sonchus asper at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
| Hackney, P., 2026. Sonchus asper. (L.) Hill. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland. https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=4544. Accessed on 2026-11-02. |