- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Sonchus L.
Sonchus asper (L.) Hill

[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1800–4100 m a.s.l. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Cundinamarca, Nariño, Tolima.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), desert, artificial - terrestrial.
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Adventicia en Colombia; Alt. 1800 - 4100 m.; Andes.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or sometimes perennial herb, erect, 0.2–2 m high; stems hollow, ribbed, glabrous or sometimes densely glandular-setose
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves glaucous, sometimes reddish, oblanceolate or slightly fiddle-shaped in outline, 4–32´1–9 cm, base semi-amplexicaul with large, rounded auricles except in the most basal leaves which are attenuate at base, margins dentate to pinnatilobed with wide retrorse triangular lobes, the teeth spinulose, glabrous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Capitula stalked, in many-headed corymbs; involucre 12–14 mm long; phyllaries ovate to lanceolate, 2–14 mm long, glabrous or with large setae on the midrib in the outer ones
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Florets many, corolla yellow, tube cylindric, 6 mm long, distally pilose, ligule 4–5´0.5–1 mm
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes reddish-brown, broadly obovoid to ellipsoid, 2.5–3.5 mm long, strongly flattened, with wing-like margins, ribbed, smooth or minutely rugulose; pappus white, 6–9 mm long.
- Note
- N2; cosmopolitan.
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- cerraja áspera, cerraja lechosa
Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Burkina, Buryatiya, Cameroon, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Chad, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Guinea, Nigeria, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Angola, Antipodean Is., Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Falkland Is., Florida, Free State, Georgia, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Jamaica, Japan, Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Mozambique, Namibia, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Norfolk Is., North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rodrigues, Réunion, Saskatchewan, Society Is., South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Tonga, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Sonchus asper (L.) Hill appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 1956 | Brenan, J.P.M. [9582], Cameroon | K000027692 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1953 | Boughey, A.S. [7032], Cameroon | K000027691 | No | ||
Lowe, R.T. [861] | K000251844 | Yes | |||
Lowe, R, T. [860] | K000251845 | Yes | |||
Lowe, R.T. [861] | K000378792 | Yes | |||
Lowe, R.T. [861] | K000378793 | Yes | |||
Lowe, R, T. [548] | K000378794 | Yes | |||
Saavedra, M.M. [345], Brazil | K001100160 | Yes | |||
Preston, T.A. [s.n.], Brazil | K001100162 | Yes | |||
Cope, T.A. [RBG 63], United Kingdom | K000914424 | Yes | |||
Cope, T.A. [RBG 106], United Kingdom | K000914420 | Yes | |||
Robinson, E.A. [904], Zambia | K000251863 | holotype | Yes | ||
Talbot, H.F. [1840] | K001100159 | Yes | |||
Lombardi, J.A. [2684], Brazil | K001100161 | Yes |
First published in Herb. Brit. 1: 47 (1769)
Accepted by
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