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La Palma Sow Thistle

Sonchus palmensis

La Palma Sow Thistle
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Native range
Canary Is. (La Palma)
Climate
subtropical

About

Sonchus palmensis, the La Palma sow-thistle, is a plant endemic to the Canary Island of La Palma.

Where it grows

Widespread especially along the east coast, Fuencaliente, Mazo, Santa Cruz, Las Breñas, Puntallana, La Galga, Los Tilos, etc. west coast, Los Llanos, etc., up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in the lower and forest zones.

Other Sonchus plants

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 Sonchus palmensis 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.

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