Annual Sowthistle

Sonchus oleraceus L.

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

 

▲▼ seedlings 

 

▲ young rosette

▲ mature plant

▲ ▼ pointed angles of leaf bases (stipules) around stem

 

▲  flowers and mature plants

Annual Sowthistle:  

 

·        similar in growth habit and appearance to spiny sowthistle, but rosette leaves are not spiny and are more deeply lobed

·        stipule at base of stem leaves is pointed at the base

·        flowers small, yellow, like other sowthistles