Sonchus oleraceus (L.) L. (Ζοχός)

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Ζοχός ο λαχανώδης (Sonchus oleraceus (L.) L.)

Annual or biennial; stem 10-140 cm, simple or branched, often glandular-hairy in upper part and sometimes white-tomentose at base of capitula and on upper part of peduncles. Leaves glabrous, the lower undivided, with narrowly winged petiole, the upper larger, pinnatifid to pinnatisect, lyrate or sometimes runcinate with the lobes not or only slightly constricted at the base, with acute auricles. Involucral bracts 27-35. Ligules about as long as corolla-tube. Achenes 2·5-3·75 Χ 0·75-1 mm, oblanceolate, rugose between the ribs, weakly compressed; pappus 5-8 mm, more or less persistent. (Περιγραφή απο Flora Europaea)

Resembling S. asper, but differing in the following characters: Cauline leaves with smaller, acute auricles; ligules pale yellow, often reddish beneath, equalling corolla tube; achenes only slightly compressed, tuberculate between the ribs. (Περιγραφή από Strid)

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Sonchus oleraceus

Sonchus oleraceus

Sonchus oleraceus