Asteraceae
Slender sowthistle
Sonchus tenerrimus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Sonchus
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- تفاف طري
- arz
- تفاف طرى
- Catalan
- Lletsó fi
- Chinese
- 柔叶苦苣
- Croatian
- Nježni ostak
- English
- Slender sowthistle
- Finnish
- Hentovalvatti
- Persian
- شیرتیغک نرم
Synonyms
- Sonchus arborescens Salzm. ex Ball
- Sonchus dianae Lacaita ex Willk.
- Sonchus italicus Spreng.
- Sonchus pectinatus DC.
- Sonchus septenensis Gand.
- Sonchus tener Salisb.
- Sonchus tenerrimus subsp. dianae (Lacaita ex Willk.) Malag.
- Sonchus tenerrimus subsp. perennis (Lange) H.Lindb.
- Sonchus tenerrimus subsp. tuberculatus (Ball) Batt.
- Sonchus tenerrimus var. adenobasis Maire
- Sonchus tenerrimus var. angustissimus (H.Lindb.) Jahand. & Maire
- Sonchus tenerrimus var. arborescens (Salzm.) Ball
- Sonchus tenerrimus var. dianae (Lacaita ex Willk.) Rivas Mart.
- Sonchus tenerrimus var. glandulosus Lange
- Sonchus tenerrimus var. laevigatus Lange
- Sonchus tenerrimus var. maritimus Ball
- Sonchus tenerrimus var. pallidulus Maire
- Sonchus tenerrimus var. pectinatus (DC.) Coss.
- Sonchus tenerrimus var. perennis DC.
- Sonchus tenerrimus var. septenensis (Gand.) Maire
- Sonchus tenerrimus var. spinulosus Lange
- Sonchus tenerrimus var. tenerrimus
- Sonchus tenuifolius Nutt.
- Sonchus zollikoferioides Rouy
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: J.claude, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Victor M. Vicente Selvas, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: auroreflorenceandre30, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.