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Sonchus wilmsii

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Sonchus wilmsii
Fruiting head of Sonchus wilmsii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Sonchus
Species:
S. wilmsii
Binomial name
Sonchus wilmsii

Sonchus wilmsii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to southern Africa.[1] It is an erect, perennial herb that typically grows of up to about 1 m (3 ft 3 in).[1][2] This species was first formally described in 1925 by Robert Elias Fries in Acta Horti Bergiana and it grows in grassland in Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Northern Provinces and Eswatini in southern Africa.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Sonchus wilmsii". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Sonchus wilmsii". JSTOR. Retrieved 4 August 2022.