Sonchus

Behind the wooden planks is the prickly thistle plant, Sonchus arvensis.

Bloom Day/Weed Day July 2009 « Fairegarden 2009

There is also a variety of tree and shrub species such as Dillenia pentagyna which dominates the swamp forest, silk cotton Bombax ceiba a dominant of the savanna woodland, and Phyllanthus emblica, and shrub species of Clerodendrum, Leea, Grewia, Premna, Mussaenda, Sonchus, Osbekia and Blumera.

Manas National Park, India 2008

(Plantago major and lanceolata, Sonchus oleraceus, and Artemisia vulgaris) are identical with European species.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

Related to this species is the exotic Sonchus oleraceus (sow thistle) whose leaves are occasionally used.

Chapter 7 1999

The Sow Thistle (_Sonchus oleraceus_), named _sonchus_ because of its soft spikes instead of prickles, grows commonly as a weed in gardens, and having milky stalks which are reputed good for wheezy and short-winded folk, whilst the milk may be used as a wash for the face.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

Psamma (Ammophila) arenaria, Tussilago, Farfara, and Asperula odorata, multiply very readily by means of stolons; or others, such as Cirsium arvense, and Sonchus arvensis, produce buds from their roots; or yet others produce numerous seeds which are easily dispersed and may remain for a long time capable of germinating, as is the case with Calluna,

Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926

The juice of the "milk-thistles" (Sonchus) will cure warts.

Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk William Wells Newell 1873

A few of the smaller plants (Plantago major and lanceolata, Sonchus oleraceus, and Artemisia vulgaris) are identical with European species.

The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

The common sow-thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) grows all over the country up to an elevation of 6000 feet.

Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

In its channel I saw some of the milk or sow-thistle plant growing -- the Sonchus oleraceus.

Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Ernest Giles 1866