Sonchus oleraceus
A species in the Asteraceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Sonchus
- Species
- Sonchus oleraceus
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Sonchus oleraceus. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
49 synonyms in this snapshot
- Carduus amplexicaulisName author: Noronha
- Lepicaune spinulosaName author: Lapeyr.
- Sonchus angustissimusName author: Hook.f.
- Sonchus angustissimusName author: H.Lindb.
- Sonchus asperName author: P.Gaertn. & al.
- Sonchus asperName author: G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
- Sonchus australisName author: Hort. ex Trev.
- Sonchus australisName author: Trevir.
- Sonchus ciliatusName author: Lam.
- Sonchus ciliatus var. subbipinnatifidusName author: Guss.
- Sonchus fabraeName author: Sennen & Sennen
- Sonchus glaberName author: Gilib.
- Sonchus gracilisName author: Phil.
- Sonchus gracilisName author: Sennen
- Sonchus lacerusName author: Willd.
- Sonchus laevisName author: Vill.
- Sonchus laevisName author: Garsault
- Sonchus longifoliusName author: Trevir.
- Sonchus longifoliusName author: Trev.
- Sonchus macrotusName author: Fenzl
- Sonchus maireiName author: H.Lév.
- Sonchus oleraceus f. oleraceusName author: Not supplied
- Sonchus oleraceus subsp. angustissimusName author: H.Lindb.
- Sonchus oleraceus subsp. oleraceusName author: Not supplied
- Sonchus oleraceus var. ciliatusName author: (Lam.) Jáv.
- Sonchus oleraceus var. dentatusName author: Kirschl.
- Sonchus oleraceus var. integrifoliusName author: Wallr.
- Sonchus oleraceus var. lacerName author: Schur
- Sonchus oleraceus var. lacerusName author: (Willd.) Wallr.
- Sonchus oleraceus var. laciniatusName author: Kirschl.
- Sonchus oleraceus var. litoralisName author: P.D.Sell
- Sonchus oleraceus var. oleraceusName author: Not supplied
- Sonchus oleraceus var. purpurascensName author: Druce
- Sonchus oleraceus var. subbipinnatifidusName author: (Guss.) Fiori
- Sonchus oleraceus var. triangularisName author: Wallr.
- Sonchus pallescensName author: Panc.
- Sonchus pallescensName author: Pančić
- Sonchus parviflorusName author: Lej. ex Rchb.
- Sonchus piquetiiName author: Druce
- Sonchus reversusName author: E.Mey. ex DC.
- Sonchus rivularisName author: Phil.
- Sonchus royleanusName author: DC.
- Sonchus schimperiName author: A.Braun & C.D.Bouché
- Sonchus schmidianusName author: K.Koch
- Sonchus subbipinnatifidusName author: (Guss.) Zenari
- Sonchus sundaicusName author: Blume
- Sonchus tenerrimusName author: Schur
- Sonchus umbelliferName author: Thunb.
- Sonchus zacinthoidesName author: DC.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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