Sonchus oleraceus




Family Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Scientific name Sonchus oleraceus L.
Synonyms Hieracium oleraceum (L.) Bernhardi; Lactuca oleracea (L.) M. Gómez de la Maza y Jiménez; Sonchus ciliatus Lamarck; Sonchus lacerus Willdenow; Sonchus laevis (L.) Villars; Sonchus macrotus Fenzl; Sonchus oleraceus L. forma albescens Neumann; Sonchus oleraceus L. forma integrifolius (Wallroth) Hayek; Sonchus oleraceus L. forma lacerus (Willdenow) Hayek; Sonchus oleraceus L. forma triangularis (Wallroth) Hayek; Sonchus oleraceus L. var. albescens (Neumann) Druce; Sonchus oleraceus L. var. ciliatus (Lamarck) Druce; Sonchus oleraceus L. var. integrifolius Wallroth; Sonchus oleraceus L. var. lacerus (Willdenow) Wallroth; Sonchus oleraceus L. var. laevis L.; Sonchus oleraceus L. var. triangularis Wallroth; Sonchus parviflorus Lejeune ex Reichenbach; Sonchus reversus E. Meyer ex de Candolle; Sonchus royleanus de Candolle; Sonchus schimperi A. Braun & Bouche; Sonchus schmidianus K. Koch; Sonchus umbellifer Thunberg; Sonchus zacinthoides de Candolle
Common name (Japanese common name) no-geshi [wild poppy], haru-no-no-geshi [spring wild poppy]
(English common name) annual sow thistle, common sow thistle, hare's-lettuce, sow thistle
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Caucasus, western Asia, northern Africa
Chromosomal number n=8, 16
Description Plants electing 50-100cm. Flowers involucres 12-15mm, flowering in April to July (also in October to November). Winter annual plants.
Reference Sonchus oleraceus L.
Sonchus oleraceus L.
Sonchus oleraceus Linnaeus
Sonchus oleraceus L.
Combating weeds in rice with benzothiazole derivatives (US Patent 3967950/1976)
Herbicidal pyridazinylimidazolidinone compounds (US Patent 4604127/1986)
Herbicide (US Patent 4838928/1989)
Method for controlling vegetation (US Patent 5034046/1991)
Herbicidal composition and method for killing weeds using the same (US Patent 5110346/1992)
Sulfonamide resistance genes and their use (US Patent 5597717/1997)
Sulfonamide resistance genes and their use (US Patent 5719046/1998)
Process of preparing fruit/vegetable juice and protein emulsion with multi-enzyme system (US Patent 5738887/1998)
Herbicidal formulation and method of controlling plants (US Patent 6107246/2000)
Herbicide compositions (US Patent 6197727/2001)
Virus induced gene silencing in plants (US Patent 7012172/2002)
Herbicide composition comprising herbicide compound in acid form and acidifying agent (US Patent 6906004/2005)
Note common



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



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



October 2007
at rice paddy
April 2006
at edge of forest