Sonchus oleraceus

Common Sow-thistle

As recorded: Sonchus oleraceus L.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Asterales › Asteraceae

Collected by: Quayle, E.H.
Collector number: s.n.
Date: August 1, 1922
Locality: Pirae-Moua Aorai Trail
Island: Tahiti
Region: French Polynesia
Record type: Preserved specimen

223 Bishop specimens of Sonchus oleraceus · collected 1864–2023Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 1, 1922, Quayle, E.H. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Sonchus oleraceus observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1922. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 85,834 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.

2026-10-27

Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Brighton, ON, CA

(c) Baxter Naday, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

Grand Est

(c) Sora, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

Lincolnshire

(c) Charles Davis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

проезд Шокальского, Москва, Москва, RU

(c) Вероника Ревтова, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

Красносельский р-н, Санкт-Петербург, Россия

(c) Анна Мазур, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

Nordic-Walking-Trail, Lindberg, Bavaria, DE

(c) pwlf, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Sonchus oleraceus. BISH 132960. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956424606. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/132960.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956424606 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026