Sonchus bornmuelleri

Bornmueller's sow-thistle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Genus: Sonchus
Species: S. bornmuelleri
Binomial name
Sonchus bornmuelleri
Pitard.

Sonchus bornmuelleri Pitard. (Bornmueller's sow-thistle) is a plant endemic to the Canary Island of La Palma.

Description

Perennial with woody stock. Leaves in a basal rosette, pinnatifid with rounded lobes; margins subspinose. Scape up to 80 cm, with a few small bracts. Inflorescence a dense corymb of up to 20 heads. Heads densely tomentose.

Distribution in La Palma

Cliffs south of Santa Cruz de La Palma, coastal rocks near San Andrés y Los Sauces, Punta Cumplida, Riscos de Bajamar, Garafia, Montaña del Viento, Mazo, Fuencaliente, etc., up to 200 m, rare.

References

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