| Common sowthistle
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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| Clade:
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Angiosperms
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| Clade:
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Eudicots
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| Clade:
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Asterids
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| Order:
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Asterales
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| Family:
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Asteraceae
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| Genus:
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Sonchus
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| Species:
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S. oleraceus
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| Binomial name
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Sonchus oleraceus
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| Synonyms
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- Carduus amplexicaulis Noronha
- Sonchus angustissimus Hook.f.
- Sonchus australis Trevir.
- Sonchus ciliatus Lam.
- Sonchus fabrae Sennen
- Sonchus glaber Gilib.
- Sonchus gracilis Phil.
- Sonchus gracilis Sennen
- Sonchus lacerus Willd.
- Sonchus laevis Vill.
- Sonchus longifolius Trevir.
- Sonchus macrotus Fenzl
- Sonchus pallescens Pančić
- Sonchus parviflorus Lej. ex Rchb.
- Sonchus reversus E.Mey. ex DC.
- Sonchus rivularis Phil.
- Sonchus roseus Besser ex Spreng.
- Sonchus royleanus DC.
- Sonchus runcinatus (Fiori) Zenari
- Sonchus schimperi A.Braun & Bouché
- Sonchus schmidianus K.Koch
- Sonchus spinulifoius Sennen
- Sonchus subbipinnatifidus (Guss.) Zenari
- Sonchus sundaicus Blume
- Sonchus tenerrimus Schur 1866 not L. 1753
- Sonchus umbellifer Thunb.
- Sonchus zacinthoides DC.
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Sonchus oleraceus is a species of flowering plant in the tribe Cichorieae of the family Asteraceae, native to Europe and Western Asia. It has many common names including common sowthistle, sow thistle, smooth sow thistle, annual sow thistle, puha (in New Zealand English, from Māori pūhā), hare's colwort, hare's thistle, milky tassel, milk thistle, and soft thistle.