Asteraceae
Prickly goldenfleece
Urospermum picroides
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Urospermum
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- عضيض مريري, عضيض مريرياني
- arz
- عضيض مريرى
- Bulgarian
- Уроспермум
- Chinese
- 弯喙苣, 毛莲尾种草
- Croatian
- Bijela babljača
- English
- Prickly goldenfleece, Prickly golden-fleece
- Hebrew
- אזנב מצוי
- Italian
- Boccione minore
- Persian
- شیر تلخک
- Slovenian
- Srhkodlakava repatka
- Spanish
- Barba de Jove, Sonchus squamosus
- Turkish
- Acıyemlik
Synonyms
- Arnopogon asper (L.) Willd.
- Arnopogon capensis (Jacq.) Willd.
- Arnopogon picroides (L.) Willd.
- Daumailia spinulosa Arènes
- Tragopogon aculeatus Moench
- Tragopogon asper L.
- Tragopogon capensis Jacq.
- Tragopogon picridoides (L.) Willd.
- Tragopogon picroides L.
- Tragopogon sonchifolius Salisb.
- Tragopogonodes picrodes Kuntze
- Urospermum asperum (L.) DC.
- Urospermum capense (Jacq.) Spreng.
- Urospermum picroides var. asperum (L.) Duby
- Urospermum picroides var. laeve Maire
- Urospermum picroides var. picroides
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Herbarium of the University of Coimbra, CC BY 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.