common sowthistle
sonchus oleraceus latin

Milkweed has a common name that is easy to figure out.

If they keep coming, it may be from someone else's milkweed patch.

In a moment she was back with three pods from the milkweeds outside.

She held the baby out to him, together with a fresh milkweed pod.

This particular milkweed is also easy to grow, and it has one advantage over the others.

Changes in agricultural land use diminish the area of milkweed.

In some states and provinces, milkweed is thought to be a weed.

There isn't enough information available to know how swamp milkweed might work.

That's a shame, because milkweed has much to recommend it.

Even if you cherish your milkweeds, the neighbors may not.

Instead of wilting like a milkweed she's stood up to it all.

It was exactly like the silk in a milkweed pod.

You know the circumstances under which we would blow away like milkweed seed.

More evidence is needed to rate the effectiveness of swamp milkweed for these uses.

If a milkweed floated through, it stuck on the blades.

Its flowers are also more pink than those of the common milkweed, but just as prolific.

Taking swamp milkweed along with quinine might cause serious heart problems.

What the hell did the Army need milkweed pods for?"

Alan leaned in and saw that it was a milkweed pod.

Suddenly the plant was a milkweed, with several full ripe pods.

It feeds mainly on grains, particularly those of the milkweed.

While some other milkweeds also offer that protection, none have the orange symbolism.

Low potassium levels can increase the chance of side effects from swamp milkweed.

It is estimated that there are currently more than one million Milkweed books in circulation.

Both nymphs and adults use milkweed as their primary source of food.

In this regard sow thistles make excellent sacrificial plants.

Many, such as marigolds, corn sow thistles and sunflowers, only open their flowers in fine weather.

Sow thistles are common host plants for aphids.

It feeds mainly on sow thistles and lettuces but other food plants have been recorded (see list below).

Mature sow thistle stems can range from 30 cm to 2 m (1 to 6 feet) tall, depending upon species and growing conditions.

He that sows thistles shall reap prickles.

However, sow thistles are easily uprooted by hand, and their soft stems present little resistance to slashing or mowing.

Sow thistles and you'll reap prickles after all.'

In back, the cracked flagstones of the patio were ringed by yellow crabgrass and sow thistles.

It is native to Europe, but it is known practically worldwide as a common weed similar to several other species of sow thistle.

Cicerbita, commonly known as blue sow thistle is a genus of plants in the Asteraceae family.

The common name sow thistle refers to its attractiveness to swine, and the similarity of the leaf to younger thistle plants.

Sow thistles (Sonchus spp)are also unusually abundant.

Sonchus, genus of annual herbs (sow thistles)

Sonchus tenerrimus is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name slender sow thistle.

Sow thistles have been used as fodder, particularly for rabbits, hence the other common names of "hare thistle" or "hare lettuce".

Annual herbs in the genus are known as sow thistles (less commonly hare thistles or hare lettuces).

Sow thistles are common roadside plants, and while native to Eurasia and tropical Africa, they are found almost worldwide in temperate regions.

Sow thistles are known as "milk thistles" in some regions, although true milk thistles belong to the genus Silybum.

In many areas sow thistles are considered noxious weeds, as they grow quickly in a wide range of conditions and their wind-borne seeds allow them to spread rapidly.

It feeds on the flowers and buds of various yellow-flowered Asteraceae such as hawksbeards, hawkweeds and sow thistles.

The song "Gathering sow thistle" (Cai qi) mentions 3,000 Zhou chariots in battle against the Xianyun.

The caterpillars feed on Sonchus sow thistles and Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale); they have also been reported to be myrmecophilous.

Two dishes regarded as distinctively Māori are the boil-up - of pork, potatoes, kūmara, and dumplings, and pork and puha (sow thistle) which combine introduced and indigenous foods.

It is endemic to Australia and contains only one species, Actites megalocarpa commonly known as the Dune Thistle, Beach Thistle or Coastal Sow Thistle.

Sonchus oleraceus has a variety of uses in herbalism.

Sonchus oleraceus (I)

Annual Sow-thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) Photos, Drawings, Text.

Sonchus oleraceus (common sowthistle, sow thistle, smooth sow thistle, annual sow thistle, hare's colwort, hare's thistle, milky tassel, swinies) is native to Asia and Europe.

Plant species found at this elevation include Styphelia tameiameiae, Taraxacum officinale, Tetramolopium humile, Agrostis sandwicensis, Anthoxanthum odoratum, Trisetum glomeratum, Poa annua, Sonchus oleraceus, and Coprosma ernodiodes.