Sonchus asper




Family Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Scientific name Sonchus asper (L.) Hill
Synonyms Hieracium asperum (L.) Bernhardi; Hieracium sonchus E. H. L. Krause; Sonchus asper (L.) Hill forma glandulosus Hauman; Sonchus asper (L.) Hill forma inermis (Bischoff) Beck; Sonchus asper (L.) Hill subsp. nymanii (Tineo & Gussone) Hegi; Sonchus asper (L.) Hill var. glanduliferus Garrett; Sonchus asper (L.) Hill var. inermis Bischoff; Sonchus asper (L.) Hill var. inermis Bischoff forma gracilis A. F. Schwarz; Sonchus asper (L.) Hill var. pungens Bischoff; Sonchus asper (L.) Hill var. sulphureus Boissier; Sonchus asper (L.) Hill var. typicus Beck; Sonchus carolinianus Walter; Sonchus eryngioides de Candolle; Sonchus fallax Wallroth; Sonchus fallax Wallroth var. asper (L.) Wallroth; Sonchus fallax Wallroth var. laevis Wallroth; Sonchus glaber Thunberg; Sonchus infestus Poeppig ex de Candolle; Sonchus oleraceus L. var. asper L.Sonchus spinosus Lamarck; Sonchus spinulosus Bigelow; Sonchus umbellatus E. Meyer ex de Candolle
Common name (Japanese common name) oni no-geshi [tiger wild poppy]
(English common name) prickly sow thistle, rough sow thistle, spiny sow thistle
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) [native] Europa
Chromosomal number 2n=18
Description Plants electing 20-100cm. Flowers involucres 15mm, flowering in February to September (also in October to November). Annual or winter annual plants.
Reference Sonchus asper (L.) Hill
Sonchus asper (Linnaeus) Hill
Sonchus asper (L.) Hill
Herbicidal composition and method (US Patent 4013441/1977)
Substituted cyclopropyl glyoxylnitriles (US Patent 4122116/1978)
Oxazoline compounds and herbicides containing the same (US Patent 4973351/1990)
Plant control composition and methods of use (US Patent 5221659/1993)
Plant control composition and methods of use with thidiazuron and monocarbamide dihydrogen sulfate (US Patent 5238905/1993)
Herbicidal fatty acid and maleic hydrazide salt compositions (US Patent 6383985/2002)
Herbicide microemulsion-forming-concentrates, microemulsions, and methods (US Patent 6803345/2004)
Herbicide composition comprising herbicide compound in acid form and acidifying agent (US Patent 6906004/2005)
Note Naturalaized plants (first recorded in 1888).



October 2007
at rice paddy
October 2007
at rice paddy
March 2007
at edge of forest



October 2007
at rice paddy
March 2007
at edge of forest