| Sonchus wilmsii | |
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| Fruiting head of Sonchus wilmsii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Sonchus |
| Species: | S. wilmsii |
| Binomial name | |
| Sonchus wilmsii R.E.Fr. | |
Sonchus wilmsii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to southern Africa. It is an erect, perennial herb that typically grows of up to about 1 m (3 ft 3 in). This species was first formally described in 1925 by Robert Elias Fries in Acta Horti Bergiana and it grows in grassland in Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Northern Provinces and Eswatini in southern Africa.
References
- ^ "Sonchus wilmsii". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- "Sonchus wilmsii". JSTOR. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Sonchus wilmsii | |