General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Plant Height: 2 to 4 feet
Fruiting Time: Summer
Fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Summer
Fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Taproot
Uses: Salad greens
Cooked greens
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Stem
Leaves
Roots
Flowers
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Dynamic Accumulator: P (Phosphorus)
K (Potassium)
Mg (Magnesium)
Cu (Copper)
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Salt tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Stolons and runners
Pollinators: Self
Beetles
Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees

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Common names
  • Perennial Sowthistle
  • Field Milk Thistle
  • Corn Sow Thistle
  • Dindle
  • Gutweed
  • Field Sowthistle

Photo Gallery
Location: Hortus Lapidea
Location: Hortus Lapidea
Date: 2023-08-24
Location: Hortus Lapidea
Location: Hortus Lapidea
Date: 2023-08-24
Hoover fly: Episyrphus balteatus
Location: Hortus Lapidea
Date: 2023-08-24
Hoover fly: Eristalis tenax
Location: Heathcote Ontario Canada
Date: 2000
Location: Banff, Canada | July, 2022
Date: 2022-07-31
Location: Heathcote Ontario Canada
Date: 2022  August
Sonchus arvensis       Going to seed

credit: Fornax

Date: 2014-06-24
USDA
Comments:
  • Posted by Cyclaminist (Minneapolis, Minnesota - Zone 5a) on May 10, 2016 10:39 PM concerning plant:
    Nasty. Spreads by underground rhizomes, which are hard to pull up because they're somewhat brittle. Also has a deep taproot that it can probably resprout from. There's a patch in our yard that really needs to be killed.
  • Posted by robertduval14 (Milford, New Hampshire - Zone 5b) on Dec 20, 2013 8:05 PM concerning plant:
    Considered an invasive in the Great Lakes region.

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