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Prickly Sow Thistle (Sonchus asper)

Prickly Sow Thistle (Sonchus asper)

This is a Prickly Sow Thistle (Sonchus asper) found in a yard in Puyallup, Washington.

Macro

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Eudicots /Asterids ORDER: Asterales FAMILY: Asteraceae TRIBE: Cichorieae GENUS: Sonchus SPECIES: asper

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References:

Faegri, Knut and Johs Iversen, TEXTBOOK OF POLLEN ANALYSIS, Hafner Publishing Company, 1964.

Kapp, Ronald O., HOW TO KNOW POLLEN AND SPORES, Wm. C. Brown Company, 1969.

Moore, P.D., J. A. Webb, and M. E. Collinson, POLLEN ANALYSIS, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1991