Spiny Sowthistle (Sonchus asper)
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Credit: KENPEI | KENPEI's photo | License: CC-BY-SA-2.1-JP CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL -
Credit: KENPEI | KENPEI's photo | License: CC-BY-SA-2.1-JP CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL -
Credit: KENPEI | KENPEI's photo | License: CC-BY-SA-2.1-JP CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL -
Credit: Bjoertvedt | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 GFDL -
Credit: Bjoertvedt | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 GFDL -
Credit: Johann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm) | Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen. | License: PD Old
Sonchus Asper, or more commonly know as Spiny Sowthistle, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Sonchus. Its duration is annual which means it grows for one season only. Sonchus Asper or Spiny Sowthistle's floral region is North America US Lower 48, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, specifically in the states of Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
