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sow thistle
Hieracium oleracerum, Sonchus oleraceus
14.1, 120.933
Field Notes
Description:
an herb, erect, annual, milky, hairy or slightly glandular, growing 40 to 80 cm high. Leaves are oblong to lanceolate, 10 to 20 cm long, coarsely and lyrately lobed; the lobes somewhat reflexed and toothed, the terminal ones large, the lateral pointing downwards, and those of the stem clasping at the base. Heads are peduncled, about 1 cm long. Bracts are smooth, thin and green. Flowers are numerous and yellow. Achenes are nearly 3 mm long, compressed, ribbed and rough.
Habitat:
Found in the Benguet subprovinces, Rizal and Laguna provinces in Luzon.
In waster places, along trails, old gardens, on talus slopes at altitudes of 1,200 to 2,000 meters.
Notes:
I guess this one is stunted, growing on the crack on the garden steps.
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