Asteraceae
Sea sowthistle
Sonchus maritimus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Sonchus
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- تفاف بحري
- Catalan
- Endivieta de séquia, Laiteron maritime
- Chinese
- 全叶苦苣菜, 全葉苦苣菜
- English
- Sea sowthistle
- French
- Laiteron maritime
- German
- Laiteron maritime
- Hebrew
- מרור ימי
- Italian
- Grespino marittimo
- Lithuanian
- Laiteron maritime
- Spanish
- Lechuguilla marina
- Swedish
- Laiteron maritime
Synonyms
- Sonchoseris maritima Fourr.
- Sonchus angustifolius Neck.
- Sonchus arvensis subsp. maritimus (L.) P.Fourn.
- Sonchus arvensis var. decorus (Castagne) Soó
- Sonchus arvensis var. glaberrimus Schur
- Sonchus baburi Popov
- Sonchus balthicus Fr. ex Link
- Sonchus decorus Castagne
- Sonchus hieracioides Willk.
- Sonchus littoralis Rchb.
- Sonchus maritimus subsp. cartilagineus Maire & Sennen
- Sonchus maritimus var. angustifolius Bisch.
- Sonchus maritimus var. canescens Maire & Sennen
- Sonchus maritimus var. latifolius Bisch.
- Sonchus maritimus var. maritimus
- Sonchus otaviensis Dinter
- Sonchus pauciflorus Echeand. ex Willk. & Lange
- Sonchus transcaspicus Nevski
- Sonchus vulgaris subsp. maritimus (L.) Rouy
- Sonchus vulgaris var. angustifolius (Bisch.) Rouy
- Sonchus vulgaris var. decorus (Castagne) Rouy
- Sonchus vulgaris var. latifolius (Bisch.) Rouy
- Sonchus vulgaris var. normalis Rouy
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June, August, October (from 22 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dino Babić, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dino Babić, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: torres, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ljaž, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jean.claude, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frédéric Dupont, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Herbarium of the University of Coimbra, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aurelio Peña, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Louis Aureglia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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- Slender sowthistleSonchus tenerrimusAsteraceae
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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). About our plant data.