Sonchus palmensis
| La Palma sow-thistle | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Sonchus |
| Species: | S. palmensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Sonchus palmensis (Sch.Bip.) Boulos 1967[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Sonchus pinnatus var. palmensis | |
Sonchus palmenis, the La Palma sow-thistle, is a plant endemic to the Canary Island of La Palma.
Description
[edit]Tall shrub up to 2 m. Leaves pinnatisect with 10-15 pairs of equally spaced lobes, the lobes 6–40 mm wide. Inflorescence very large and dense, compound-corymbose. Individual heads with 30-50 yellow ray florets but no disc florets.
Distribution in La Palma
[edit]Widespread especially along the east coast, Fuencaliente, Mazo, Santa Cruz, Las Breñas, Puntallana, La Galga, Los Tilos, etc. west coast, Los Llanos, etc., up to 1000 m in the lower and forest zones.
Gallery
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La Palma
References
[edit]- David Bramwell and Zoë Bramwell. Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands. Editorial Rueda, Madrid, España. 2001. ISBN 84-7207-129-4
External links
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