Species

Sonchus oleraceus

Etymology

Sonchus: sow thistle

Common Name(s)

sow thistle, sowthistle

Family

Asteraceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

SONOLE

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs - Composites

Flower Colours

Cream,Yellow

Year Naturalised

1832

Origin

Europe, N. Africa, N. and W. Asia

Foraging for sowthistle


Click on the Radio New Zealand National logo to listen to This Way Up. Simon Morton interviews Johanna Knox about foraging for puha / sowthistle (duration: 20′34″)

 

This page last updated on 5 May 2011