Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Sonchus L.
SOWTHISTLE
Classification
ASTERALES
Sonchus
Citation
SONCHUS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 793. 1753.
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TYPE: Sonchus oleraceus Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 3: 316. 1913.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Sonchus asper SPINY SOWTHISTLE Not Native FACU (NWPL)
Sonchus oleraceus COMMON SOWTHISTLE Not Native FACU (NWPL)
[Family identification key]
1.  Leaf margin densely, copiously prickly throughout, the basal auricles often recurved or curled, rounded; peduncle and phyllaries usually glabrous, infrequently stipitate-glandular; corolla ligule mostly shorter than the tube; cypselae longitudinally ribbed, otherwise smooth
1.  Leaf margin weakly prickly, the basal auricles usually mostly straight; peduncle and phyllaries usually stipitate-glandular; corolla ligule subequal to the tube; cypselae longitiduinally ribbed, faces transversely rugulose or tuberculate
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Trachodes Trachodes D. Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 16: 182. 1830. TYPE: Trachodes paniculatus D. Don