Asteraceae
False sowthistle
Reichardia tingitana
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Reichardia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- نكد طنجي, خزام, مرار, نكد
- English
- False sowthistle
- German
- Tanger-Reichardie
- Persian
- کاهوی وحشی طنجهای
Synonyms
- Picridium orientale (L.) Desf.
- Picridium tingitanum Desf.
- Picridium tingitanum (L.) DC.
- Picridium tingitanum subsp. tingitanum
- Picridium tingitanum var. tingitanum
- Picridium vulgare subsp. maritimum (Ball) Batt.
- Picridium vulgare var. serioides Maire
- Reichardia tingitana var. arabica (Hochst.) Asch. & Schweinf.
- Reichardia tingitana var. mauritii Sennen
- Reichardia tingitana var. pinnatifida (Lag.) Pau & Font Quer
- Sonchus tingitanus Lam.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oceancetaceen - Alice Chodura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oceancetaceen - Alice Chodura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oceancetaceen - Alice Chodura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oceancetaceen - Alice Chodura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oceancetaceen - Alice Chodura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oceancetaceen - Alice Chodura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oceancetaceen - Alice Chodura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: S. Rae from Scotland, UK, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.