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Sonchus wilmsii
Sonchus wilmsii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to southern Africa. It is an erect, perennial herb that typically grows of up to about 1 m (3 ft 3 in). This species was first formally described in 1925 by Robert Elias Fries in Acta Horti Bergiana and it grows in grassland in Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Northern Provinces and Eswatini in southern Africa.
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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.
