Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Sonchus arvensis L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 793 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Habitat in Europae agris argillosis."
Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): cviii. [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 199 [secondary reference]
common name: Sow Thistle [n/a]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 277 [secondary reference]
common name: Corn Sow-thistle [n/a]
Boulos, L. in Eichler, Hj. (1965), Sonchus and Embergia. Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 330-331 [secondary reference]
common name: Corn Sow-thistle [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: Listed J.D.Hooker in the introductory essay of Fl. Tas. 2: cviii (1859), and collected once in SA, but not considered naturalised (see I.R.Thompson, Muelleria, 25: 74 (2007))
Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Sonchus. Flora of Australia 37: 118 [secondary reference]
  • Text: "... a native of Europe, was identified from Clare in the northern Lofty Ra. S.A. in 1960, however, there is no evidence to suggest that it has become naturalised."