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Sonchus Leaf Crepidiastrum

Crepidiastrum sonchifolium

Sonchus Leaf Crepidiastrum
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY 3.0

Sonchus-leaf crepidiastrum is an annual or biennial daisy-family herb from East Asia, typically 20 to 100 cm tall, found on grassy slopes, roadsides and rocky ground. It is a wild-type herb best grown in full sun with light, well-drained soil.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, average to poor soil.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates cold winters in its native range.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Mongolia to Russian Far East and N. Indo-China
Climate
temperate

About

Crepidiastrum sonchifolium, the sonchus-leaf crepidiastrum, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to East Asia (China, Korea, Mongolia), and is cultivated in Korea. Crepidiastrum sonchifolium is an annual or biennial herb that grows 20–100 cm (7.9–39.4 in) tall. It grows in a variety of habitats including grasslands on mountain slopes, thickets, rocky stream beds, cliffs, and roadsides.

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Broad Leaf Crepidiastrum · Crepidiastrum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crepidiastrum sonchifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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