Family:
Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Genus:
Sonchus L.

Sonchus asper (L.) Hill

This species is accepted, and its native range is Temp. Eurasia, N. Africa to Sahel and Somalia. It is used as a medicine and for food.

[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

[UPFC]
Use Gene Sources
Used as gene sources.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.

[FSOM]
Use
Weed

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?
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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  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Mao, A.A., Sinha, B.K., Verma, D. & Sarma, N. (2016). Check-List of Flora of Meghalaya: 1-273. Meghalaya Biodiversity Board, Shillong.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://www.newfoundland-labradorflora.com/checklist/.
  • Nowak, A. & Nobis, M. (eds.) (2020). Illustrated Flora of Tajikistan and adjacent areas 1: 1-366. PAN, Polish academy of sciences.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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