About Milk Thistle
Sonchus asper, the prickly sow-thistle, rough milk thistle, spiny sowthistle, sharp-fringed sow thistle, or spiny-leaved sow thistle, is a widespread flowering plant in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sonchus asper
- Genus
- Sonchus
- Family
- ASTERACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Distribution
- Cosmopolitan
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- दूधी Dudhi, Didhi, Dodak
- Marathi
- Mahatra
Botanical family
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Milk Thistle belongs to the Asteraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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