Genus: Sonchus (sowthistles)

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Sonchus asper (Spiny Sowthistle).

Sonchus asper (Spiny Sowthistle) in weedy patch at roadside (Kleinmond, Western Cape, South Africa).

About 60 species, native to Eurasia and tropical Africa. There are eight species native to southern Africa and three species naturalised.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Species naturalised in southern Africa

List from Plants of southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Sonchus asper (Spiny Sowthistle) See Flora of Zimbabwe.
Sonchus maritimus
Sonchus oleraceus (Sow Thistle) Sydissel [Afrikaans] See Wild Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 120. and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Other species, cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Sonchus acaulis Native to the Canary Isles.

Publications

• Boulos, L. 1972. Révision systematique du genre Sonchus L. s.l.Botaniska Notiser 125: 287-305.