Sonchus maritimus L.
Details
Sonchus maritimus L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2, 1192 (1759)
Sonchus maritimus L.
Biostatus
Nomenclature
L.
L.
1759
1192
ICN
Sonchus maritimus L.
species
Sonchus maritimus
Classification
Synonyms
Descriptions
Biennial to perennial herb with stout fleshy taproot up to c. 2 cm. diam. Basal lvs ∞, rosulate, subcoriac. to membr., glab. or ± scabridulous, 8-35 × 2-10 cm., obovate, cuneately narrowed to short flat petiole; margins sinuately dentate, not to slightly lobed. Stems stout, c. 7-50 cm. long, ribbed, branched above, latex cop. Cauline lvs few, up to 15 cm. long, about broad-ovate in outline, ± deeply lobed, lobes blunt to sharp, margins spinulose-dentate, base amplexicaul. Infl. subumbellate, bracted at base of clusters of capitula. Capitula c. 1·5 cm. long, 2 cm. diam., on rather stout pedicels. Florets ∞, yellow. Phyll. in several series, 4-12 mm. long, ovate-attenuate, membr., glab. Achenes 3-3·5 × c. 1·5 mm., elliptic, strongly compressed, glab., with c. 15 longitudinal ribs.
Taxonomic concepts
Sonchus littoralis Rchb.
Sonchus maritimus L.
Collections
Metadata
21fc3b87-0896-43e9-8843-0c7b10ea481a
scientific name
Names_Plants
14 June 2006