Sonchus wilmsii
Appearance
Sonchus wilmsii | |
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Fruiting head of Sonchus wilmsii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Sonchus |
Species: | S. wilmsii
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Binomial name | |
Sonchus wilmsii |
Sonchus wilmsii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to southern Africa.[1] It is an erect, perennial herb that typically grows of up to about 1 m (3 ft 3 in).[1][2] This species was first formally described in 1925 by Robert Elias Fries in Acta Horti Bergiana and it grows in grassland in Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Northern Provinces and Eswatini in southern Africa.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sonchus wilmsii". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Sonchus wilmsii". JSTOR. Retrieved 4 August 2022.