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Sonchus megalocarpus
Also called Dune Thistle
Actites, commonly known as the dune thistle, beach thistle or coastal sow thistle, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Australia and contains only one species, Actites megalocarpus. It is a large, clumping herb with yellow flowers. Although accepted by Australian sources, others treat Actites as a synonym of Sonchus and the species as Sonchus macrocarpus.
Dune thistle is usually found on coastal dunes and cliffs from Toorbul in Queensland to Middleton Beach in Western Australia and the south-east coast of Tasmania.
Giant Dandelion · Sonchus adscendens · Field sowthistle · Spiny sowthistle · Sonchus berteroanus · Sonchus bornmuelleri · Seashore Sowthistle · Cabbage Tree · Sonchus canariensis · Sonchus capillaris · Sonchus congestus · Sonchus daltonii
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Actites by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
