Kingdom Plantae Family Asteraceae Genus Sonchus | Order Asterales Tribe Cichorieae Rank Species | |
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Similar Callicarpa mollis, Hieracium canadense, Sonchus palustris, Sonchus oleraceus, Sow thistles | ||
Sonchus brachyotus is an Asian species of plants in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family. It is widespread across much of northern Asia, found in Japan, Korea, China, Russia, Mongolia, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Caucasus, Kyrgyzstan, etc.
Sonchus brachyotus is a perennial herb up to 100 cm tall. It produces flat-topped arrays of several flower heads, each head with 170-300 yellow ray flowers but no disc flowers.
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