The species grows in a wide range of habitats and climates, and produces large numbers of seeds 20,000 seeds, which are easily. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium. An email address is required, but will not be postedit will only be used for information exchange between the 2 of us if needed and will never be given to a 3rd party without your express permission. The samples were collected from the herbarium material of the m.
Wild greens noodle medley two kinds of sonchus, dandelions, wild garlic, chicory, plantain, thistle, dock, and sprinkled with oxeye daisy petals. Pdf we studied the morphological variability of sonchus asper l. Sonchus is a genus of flowering plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family asteraceae and are commonly known as sow thistles less commonly hare thistles or hare lettuces. The species can overlap the winter and summer annual categories. Prickly sowthistle sonchus asper is also widely naturalised elsewhere in the world, including in north america i. Spiny sowthistle, prickly sow thistle, rough sowthistle, spinyleaf sowthistle plant. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. A new clerodane diterpene from sonchus asper article pdf available in asian journal of chemistry 2609. The three common ones are sonchus oleraceus, sonkus ohlerayseeus sonchus asper sonkus asspur and sonchus arvensis sonkus arvensis. Kholodny institute of botany of the national academy of. Spiny sowthistle has decidedly larger, spiny teeth on the leaves and larger lobes at the leaf base, and flowers typically less than 1 inch across.
The plants database includes the following 5 species of sonchus. Sow thistle, common, spiny, field eat the weeds and other. Several species of sowthistle asteraceae are common in nurseries and landscapes. Pdf variability in prickly sowthistle sonchus asper from western.
Prickly sowthistle sonchus asper aster family asteraceae description. The growth and antioxidative responses of sonchus oleraceus. Pdf validation of medicinal values of traditionally used sonchus. Sonchus asper is widespread in africa including madagascar, asia and europe. Although grazing animals and butterflies actually prefer the sonchus to grass farmers rant about the plant because its a weed amongst their crop.
Sonchus asper, the prickly sowthistle, rough milk thistle, spiny sowthistle, sharpfringed sow. Sonchus asper spiny sowthistle, prickly sow thistle, rough. This plant is a spring or summer annual usually the former that becomes tall, branching sparingly in the upper half. This herbaceous perennial plant is 24 tall, branching occasionally in the upper half.
One report says that although it is a weed, it is generally not considered noxious in agriculture and horticulture. It is also used to treat a wide variety of infections, diseases and other medicinal uses. The results can also be downloaded as a csv file unicode utf8 encoding see status, confidence. It has a rosette morphology that produces all its leaves, followed by a terminal flowering bud.
Common sow thistle has hollow stems that exude latex if damaged. In addition, the raw hiseq reads were deposited in the short read. Pdf on jan 1, 2010, javid hussain and others published evaluation of the chemical composition of sonchus eruca and sonchus asper. Prickly sow thistle, rough milk thistle and others synonymes. The results can also be downloaded as a csv file unicode utf8 encoding see status, confidence level, source for definitions. There are 5 sonchus species common in california, two of which are considered invasive, spiny sowthistle, s. Nutritional composition of sonchus species s asperl, s. Perennial sowthistle sonchus arvensis glabrescens aster family asteraceae description. An email address is required, but will not be postedit will only be used for information exchange between the 2. Local name of sonchus oleraceus is common sowthistle. Sonchus oleraceus may have been used as a food source in the mediterranean leonti et al. Biotypes in canada have been found to be resistant to metsulfuron methyl. Distribution of common sowthistle sonchus oleraceus.
Notes prickly sowthistle sonchus asper is regarded as an environmental weed in victoria and western australia. General information about sonchus asper sonas all europe, mediterranean, macaronesia. The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by bees, hoverflies. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. All comments are moderated before posting to keep the riffraff out. The genus sonchus includes approximately 60 species, and three of them have become common weeds throughout the world.
Miller, published by the university of georgia press in cooperation with the southern weed science society. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles. Sow thistle, common, spiny, field eat the weeds and. Photo from forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses by j. A new diterpenoid asperal 1 has been isolated from the chloroform soluble fraction of sonchus asper along with two known compounds, emodin 2 and methyl3,8dihydroxy6methyl9oxo9h.
Hill in the western mediterranean region by means of multivariate analysis. They share similar morphology and are closely related. This site uses cookies to analyze traffic and for ads measurement purposes. Sonchus asper can grow on a variety of soil types including white to grey sand, brown clayey loam, black sandy loam and black clayey peat florabase, 2010. Pdf evaluation of the chemical composition of sonchus eruca.
Classification of common sowthistle sonchus oleraceus. Perennial sowthistle is similar in appearance to spiny sowthistle sonchus asper and common sowthistle sonchus oleraceus. Sonchus asper is a weed of cultivated land and waste places. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. The stems are dull green or reddish green, round, and smooth. Medicinal uses of common sowthistle sonchus oleraceus. Sonchus asper is a perennial or annual herb native to eurasia and africa. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. In australia, common sowthistle sonchus oleraceus l. Pdf palyno morphological study of the genus sonchus ijb. Pdf the plant sonchus asper has been used for the cure of skin ailments and many other. Canada and the usa, south america, new zealand and on some pacific islands i. Sonchus asper is a major problem in winter crops and in tillage systems throughout southern australia, southeast queensland and northern new south wales csiro, 2007. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the.
Phytochemicals and inorganic profile of calendula officinale. Extent of herbicide resistant common sowthistle sonchus oleraceus. Sonchus asper is an annual or biennial herb sometimes reaching a height of 200 cm. Research article open access prevention of hepatorenal toxicity with sonchus asper in gentamicin treated rats muhammad r khan, iram badar and aisha siddiquah abstract background. It can be distinguished from sonchus asper and sonchus hydrophilus in that they both have stiff and leathery leaves, mostly smooth achenes fruit with ribs that are rough to the touch or with hairs. Perhaps no pair of species has been as confusing for me as distinction between sonchus oleraceous and s.
Dec 10, 2007 sowthistle species including sonchus asper have been the target of biological control programs overseas. The proximate composition, as well as the content of mineral elements na, k, ca, mg, p, fe, cu, zn and mn, fatty acids, vitamin c, carotenoids. The leaves are bluishgreen, simple, lanceolate, with wavy and sometimes lobed margins, covered in spines on both the margins and beneath. Description of common sowthistle sonchus oleraceus. Sonchus oleraceus is a dicotyledonous winter annual plant in the family asteraceae. Classical distinction between the two species is commonly based on sharply spiny leaf margins and rounded basal auricles in s. Sonchus asper prickly sow thistle, spiny sowthistle pfaf. Prevention of hepatorenal toxicity with sonchus asper in.
Sonchus is the ancient greek name for the plant and means hollow referring to the plants hollow stem, a point of identification. Plants growing in soil containing heavy metal polutan such as chromium cr, lead. Hill family asteraceae filed as erechtites hieracifolia aiton family asteraceae sonchus. Mar 19, 2020 medicinal uses of common sowthistle sonchus oleraceus. The stems are dark green in color sometimes tinted with a reddishpurple tinge. Ye una planta anal coles fueyes espinoses y les flores marielles. Sonchus asper is a perennial or annual herb native to eurasia and. However, they differ in their chromosome numbers and the precise relationship between them remains uncertain. Asteraceae queensland, new south wales, the act, victoria, tasmania, western. The species grows in a wide range of habitats and climates, and produces large numbers of seeds 20,000 seeds, which are easily dispersed by. It is in flower from june to august, and the seeds ripen from july to september. Probably originating from the mediterranean region, they have become widespread species. This confusion has been more so once i started observing specimens in delhi more closely.
Sonchus asper is an annual herb considered native to europe, africa and asia that has been introduced to a wide range of countries around the world, where it frequently becomes an environmental and agricultural weed. It has spread through human activity to most of the temperate zone and is even found in the tropics. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Sonchus asper spiny sowthistle, prickly sow thistle. Sowthistles are annual, biennial or perennial herbs, with or without rhizomes and a few are even woody subgenus dendrosonchus, restricted to the canary. This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. In australia preliminary surveys for biological control agents found a potential rust fungus and eriophyid mite. Spiny sowthistle has decidedly larger, spiny teeth on the leaves and. Group b2 resistant sonchus asper from united states. Absorbance at 760 nm was read using an enspire 2300 multimode reader. View photographs and a description of the plant sonchus asper, commonly known as spiny sowthistle, prickly sow thistle, rough sowthistle, or spinyleaf. Genes free fulltext sow thistle chloroplast genomes. Analyses of the nutritional composition of tender leaves of three species of sonchus s.
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