Delaware Wildflowers • Families • Asteraceae

Sonchus asper (L.) Hill
Spiny-leaf Sowthistle
Asteraceae — Aster family
Non-native
Sonchus asper
Sonchus asper
June 2003
Sonchus asper
A large plant, over 4' (1.2m) tall. References say this is an annual that blooms July - October. This one was blooming in May after a very mild winter; I wonder if it was in its second year.

Sonchus asper
Sonchus asper
Sonchus asper
Sonchus asper
Sonchus asper
White Clay Creek State Park -- Possum Hill
May 2020
Sonchus asper
A more typical plant, for me, growing in a pavement crack.

July 2020

Guide to Sonchus of Delaware

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