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Sonchus oleraceus
Common Sow-thistle
As recorded: Sonchus oleraceus L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Asterales › Asteraceae
- Collected by
- Mumford, E.P.; Adamson, A.M.Alastair M. Adamson →Edward Philpott Mumford →
- Collector number
- 127
- Date
- March 21, 1929
- Locality
- Atuona
- Island
- Hiva Oa
- Region
- French Polynesia
- Identified by
- Merrill, E.D.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On March 21, 1929, Mumford, E.P.; Adamson, A.M. also collected 16 other specimens.
Achyranthes aspera
Botany
Angelonia gardneri
Botany
Bacopa monnieri
Botany
Barringtonia asiatica
Botany
Canavalia rosea
Botany
Casuarina equisetifolia
Botany
Catharanthus roseus
Botany
Catharanthus roseus
Botany
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Botany
Dinebra xerophila
Botany
Gymnosporia crenata
Botany
Ipomoea pes-caprae
Botany
Jatropha gossypiifolia
Botany
Setaria verticillata
Botany
Tecoma stans
Botany
Waltheria indica
Botany
Sonchus oleraceus observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1929. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 85,845 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.
2026-10-28
Royal Melbourne Hospital Royal Park/Poplar Rd, Parkville VIC 3052, Australia
(c) agmiller1990, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
Normanby, Dunedin, New Zealand
(c) tamaramat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
Bird Road 4393, Нова Зеландія
(c) yuriihaieviy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Sonchus oleraceus. BISH 132966. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956532364. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/132966.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956532364 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026