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Sonchus palustris
Also called Marsh sow-thistle, Marsh Thistle
Sonchus palustris, commonly known as marsh sowthistle, is a plant native to temperate regions of the Europe, Russia, Central Asia, and Xinjiang in western China. It has also become naturalized in a few locations in the Canadian Province of Ontario.
Sonchus palustris can be found in damp peaty or silty soils rich in nitrogen. The species epithet palustris is Latin for "of the marsh" and indicates its common habitat. It is a perennial herb sometimes as much as 350 cm (almost 12 feet) tall. It produces an array of numerous flower heads, each with numerous yellow ray flowers but no disc flowers.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sonchus palustris 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.
