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Asteraceae

Sonchus wightianus DC.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Sonchus

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Sonchus wightianus: Asteraceae-weed,latex milky,flowers yellow.
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
Chinese
苣荬菜, 苣藚菜, 南苦苣菜

Synonyms

  • Sonchus arvensis var. glaber Haines
  • Sonchus lachnocephalus Rech.f.
  • Sonchus lingianus C.Shih
  • Sonchus orixensis Roxb.
  • Sonchus picris H.Lév. & Vaniot
  • Sonchus wallichianus DC.
  • Sonchus wightianus subsp. wallichianus (DC.) Boulos
  • Sonchus wightianus var. glaber (Haines) H.O.Saxena & Brahmam

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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.