Asteraceae
Field sowthistle
Sonchus arvensis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Sonchus
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Common names
By language (40)
- Arabic
- تفاف بستاني, جعضيض بستاني
- Armenian
- Իշամառոլ դաշտային
- arz
- تفاف بستانى
- Bangla
- বন পালং
- Belarusian
- Асот палявы
- Cantonese
- 苣蕒菜
- Catalan
- Lletsó arvense
- Chinese
- 苣荬菜, 苦苣菜, 欧洲苣荬菜, 苣蕒菜
- csb
- Pólny mléczôk
- cv
- Хир пиçенĕ
- Czech
- Mléč rolní
- Danish
- Ager-Svinemælk
- Dutch
- Akkermelkdistel
- English
- Field sowthistle, Common sow thistle, Perennial sowthistle
- Estonian
- Põld-piimohakas
- Finnish
- Peltovalvatti
- French
- Laiteron des champs
- German
- Acker-Gänsedistel
- gor
- Tempuyung
- Indonesian
- Daun Tempuyung
- Irish
- Bleachtán léana
- Japanese
- タイワンハチジョウナ, セイヨウハチジョウナ
- Javanese
- Tempuyung
- Latvian
- Tīruma mīkstpiene
- Lithuanian
- Dirvinė pienė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Åkerdylle
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Åkerdylle
- os
- Игæрхос
- Persian
- شیرتیغک ارونسیس
- Polish
- Mlecz polny
- pwn
- Samaq
- Romanian
- Susai
- Russian
- Осот полевой
- sah
- Ыт тыла
- Slovak
- Mlieč roľný
- Sundanese
- Tempuyung
- Swedish
- Åkermolke
- Ukrainian
- Жовтий осот польовий, Осот польовий
- vep
- Pöudping
- Welsh
- Llaethysgallen y tir âr
Synonyms
- Sonchoseris arvensis Fourr.
- Sonchoseris decora Fourr.
- Sonchus arvensis f. arvensis
- Sonchus arvensis var. arvensis
- Sonchus arvensis var. comosus Nyár.
- Sonchus arvensis var. eglandulosus Farw.
- Sonchus arvensis var. glandulosus Schur
- Sonchus arvensis var. integrifolius T.Marsson
- Sonchus arvensis var. integrifolius Bisch.
- Sonchus arvensis var. intermedius Schur
- Sonchus arvensis var. major Neilr.
- Sonchus arvensis var. minor Neilr.
- Sonchus arvensis var. nanus Phil.
- Sonchus arvensis var. pseudouliginosus Soó
- Sonchus arvensis var. shumovichii B.Boivin
- Sonchus arvensis var. tenggerensis Hochr.
- Sonchus exaltatus Wallr.
- Sonchus glandulosus Schur
- Sonchus hantoniensis Sweet
- Sonchus hispidus Gilib.
- Sonchus nitidus Vill.
- Sonchus pratensis Schur
- Sonchus repens Bubani
- Sonchus vulgaris Rouy
- Sonchus vulgaris subsp. arvensis (L.) Rouy
- Sonchus vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
- Sonchus vulgaris var. marinus Rouy
- Sonchus vulgaris var. riparius Magnier
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 2,064 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Freya / Samsa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fornax, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 潘立傑 LICHIEH_PAN, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Udo Schmidt from Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denise Alano, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.