Code
SONAS
Growth form
broadleaf
Biological cycle
Annual
Habitat
terrestrial
synonym | Sonchus aemulus Merino |
synonym | Sonchus asper (L.) Vill. |
synonym | Sonchus asper All. |
synonym | Sonchus asper var. asper |
synonym | Sonchus asper var. inermis Bisch. |
synonym | Sonchus asper var. pungens Bisch. |
synonym | Sonchus australis Hort. ex Colla |
synonym | Sonchus borderi Gand. |
synonym | Sonchus carolinianus Walter |
synonym | Sonchus crocifolius Hort. ex Sch.Bip. |
synonym | Sonchus cuspidatus Blume |
synonym | Sonchus decipiens (De Not.) Zenari |
synonym | Sonchus eryngiifolius Sosn. |
synonym | Sonchus eryngioides DC. |
synonym | Sonchus fallax var. asper Wallr. |
synonym | Sonchus fallax var. decipiens De Not. |
synonym | Sonchus fallax var. fallax |
synonym | Sonchus fallax var. laevis Wallr. |
synonym | Sonchus fallax Wallr. |
synonym | Sonchus ferox Wall. [Invalid] |
synonym | Sonchus glaber Thunb. |
synonym | Sonchus infestus Poepp. ex DC. |
synonym | Sonchus oleraceus f. runcinatus Fiori |
synonym | Sonchus oleraceus subsp. laevis L. |
synonym | Sonchus oleraceus subsp. runcinatus Fiori |
synonym | Sonchus oleraceus var. asper L. |
synonym | Sonchus oleraceus Wall. [Invalid] |
synonym | Sonchus spinosus Lam. |
synonym | Sonchus spinulosus Bigel. |
synonym | Sonchus sulphureus Boiss. |
synonym | Sonchus tibesticus Quézel |
synonym | Sonchus umbellatus E.Mey. ex DC. |
synonym | Sonchus viridis Zenari |
Chinese |
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Creoles and pidgins; French-based |
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Créole Maurice |
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Créole Réunion |
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French |
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Hindi |
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Italian |
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Malgache |
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Portuguese |
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Spanish; Castilian |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_SA |
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Brazil: In the southern part of Brazil, Sonchus asper is an annual species with a complete cycle of 100 to 120 days. In the central states and the state of Sao Paulo, it grows preferentially from September to March.
China: Sonchus asper flowers and fruits from May to October.
France - Camargue: Sonchus asper flowers from May to October.
Morocco: Sonchus asper flowers from April to June.
Nicaragua: Sonchus asper flowers and fruits from January to September.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Sonchus asper is an annual species in the tropics. It spreads by seeds, produced in a large number (>20,000 seeds per plant), which are dispersed by wind. There are many forms of plant, which differ mainly in the shape of the leaves and their cutout.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_SA |
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Sonchus asper differs from S. asper and S. maritimus by its large and rounded auricles and leathery leaves subprickly.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_SA |
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Sonchus asper is a C3 species.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Sonchus asper is a pioneer species that often invades sites disturbed by human activities, such as roadsides, cultivated fields, wasteland, gardens, gravel pits, mines and quarried areas. It can also be found in areas naturally disturbed by grazing, landslides or fires. It can also be found on mountain slopes, on the edges of forests and fields, in ruderal areas, meadows, along the banks of lakes and rivers, and on muddy sites, at altitudes of between 750 m and 3700 m.
Brazil: Sonchus asper prefers worked, moist soil.
China: Sonchus asper grows on mountain slopes, forest margins, watersides, field margins and in ruderal areas; from 1500 to 3700 m altitude.
Comoros: Absent.
Madagascar: Sonchus asper is a ruderal weed species and weed of dry crops.
Mauritius: Species widespread in fallow, in clearing areas, wasteland at any altitude.
Morocco: Sonchus asper is a ruderal nitrophilous species which grows in crops, damp pastures and cool bushy environments in rainy or irrigated areas, especially in the mountains, mainly between 500 and 2000 m altitude.
Nicaragua: Sonchus asper is a weed of crops, found mainly along roadsides in the north-central zone, at altitudes of 900 to 1400 m.
Reunion: The species is very common everywhere in Reunion. It prefers the heat. However, it is indifferent to the nature of the soil, provided it is well drained and fertile.
Seychelles: Absent.
West Indies: Sonchus asper is a ruderal and weed species.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | dummy |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_SA |
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Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Food: Sonchus asper is used raw in salads or cooked as a vegetable.
Medicinal: In Asia, Sonchus asper is crushed and applied as a poultice to wounds and boils. In Africa, the plant is used to treat warts.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Sonchus%2520asper
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Asterales |
Family | Asteraceae |
Genus | Sonchus |
Species | Sonchus asper (L.) Hill. |