Prickly sowthistle sonchus asper is regarded as an environmental weed in victoria and western australia. The stems are dark green in color sometimes tinted with a reddishpurple tinge. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Prickly sowthistle sonchus asper aster family asteraceae description. Resistance to herbicides such as chlorsulfuron and atrazine has led to sowthistles, including sonchus oleraceus, being the target of biological control programs overseas and in australia. It has spread through human activity to most of the temperate zone and is even found in the tropics. Sonchus oleraceus has hollow stems that exude latex, if damaged. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. This is the profile for the plant sonchus asper prickly sow thistle tfief car.
The responses of the two resistant r biotypes and two. Notes prickly sowthistle sonchus asper is regarded as an environmental weed in victoria and western australia. Pdf on jan 1, 2010, javid hussain and others published evaluation of the chemical composition of sonchus eruca and sonchus asper. The stems are dull green or reddish green, round, and smooth. Basal and lower stem leaves extremely variable, obovate, spatulate, or. This plant may be known by one or more common names in. Sonchus asper is an annual or biennial herb sometimes reaching a height of 200 cm. The three common ones are sonchus oleraceus, sonkus ohlerayseeus sonchus asper sonkus asspur and sonchus arvensis sonkus arvensis.
Continuing to use this website means you agree to our use of cookies. Sonchus asper is a weed of cultivated land and waste places. Prickly sow thistle, rough milk thistle and others synonymes. Genes free fulltext sow thistle chloroplast genomes.
Sonchus oleraceus l was named by carolus linnaeus in 1753 in his species plantarum. Plants profile for sonchus oleraceus common sowthistle. Documents about sonchus asper sonas this website uses cookies our website uses cookies to ensure that we give you the best possible online experience. L variability in prickly sow thistle sonchus asper from western mediterranean region. The present investigation was aimed to evaluate chloroform extract of sonchus asper sace against potassium bromateinduced reproductive stress in male rats. Media in category sonchus the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total.
They occur on a wide variety of substrates and are common weeds of waste places and gardens. Protective effects of sonchus asper against kbro 3 induced. Sonchus asper article about sonchus asper by the free. Two sonchus asper spiny annual sowthistle biotypes, suspected of being resistant to the sulfonylurea herbicide metsulfuronmethyl, were collected in 1996 from two barley hordeum vulgare fields in central alberta, canada. Canada and the usa, south america, new zealand and on some pacific islands i. An illustrated flora of the northern united states, canada and the british possessions. Sonchus asper prickly sow thistle, spiny sowthistle pfaf. In this study, 24 male albino rats 190200 g were equally divided into four groups. These include treatment of wounds, boils, asthma, bronchitis, gastrointestinal infections, malaria, venereal disease and.
Sow thistle, common, spiny, field eat the weeds and. The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by bees, hoverflies. Hill view list of all occurrence records for this taxon counting records view map of all occurrence records for this taxon counting records charts showing breakdown of occurrence records counting records biodiversity heritage library. Validation of medicinal values of traditionally used. Sonchus asper same is used as a folk medicine in hepatic disorders. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Prickly sowthistle sonchus asper is also widely naturalised elsewhere in the world, including in north america i. The results can also be downloaded as a csv file unicode utf8 encoding see status, confidence level, source for definitions. Sonchus asper online atlas of the british and irish flora. Stem usually unbranched and glabrous below synflorescence. Tracheophyta magnoliopsida asteraceae sonchus sonchus asper. Hill is an accepted name this name is the accepted name of a species in the genus sonchus family compositae. Additionally, the leaf margins of spiny sowthistle are much more spiny or prickly than those of annual sowthistle.
General information about sonchus asper sonas all europe, mediterranean, macaronesia. An email address is required, but will not be postedit will only be used for information exchange between the 2 of us if needed and will never be given to a 3rd party without your express permission. Sonchus arvensis, the perennial sow thistle, is considered the most economically detrimental, as it can crowd commercial crops, is a heavy consumer of nitrogen in soils, and can regrow and sprout additional plants from its creeping roots. Modulation of carbon tetrachlorideinduced nephrotoxicity. One report says that although it is a weed, it is generally not considered noxious in agriculture and horticulture. Pdf sesquiterpene lactone glucosides from sonchus asper. Prevention of hepatorenal toxicity with sonchus asper in gentamicin treated rats article pdf available in bmc complementary and alternative medicine 111. Pdf prevention of hepatorenal toxicity with sonchus. In this study, the hepatoprotective effects of the methanol extract of same was evaluated against carbon tetrachloride ccl4induced liver injuries in rats.
Hepatoprotective activity of sonchus asper against carbon. Sow thistles are easily uprooted by hand, and their soft stems present little resistance to slashing or mowing. The oleraceus has green leaves with a bit of blue, delta arrowshaped end lobes and distinctly pointed lobes where it clasps the stem. Medicinal uses of common sowthistle sonchus oleraceus. Pdf evaluation of the chemical composition of sonchus eruca. The present work investigated the antioxidant effects of s. Sonchus asper is an annual herb considered native to europe, africa and asia that has been introduced to a wide range of countries around the world, where it frequently becomes an environmental and agricultural weed. Sonchus asper is an annual herb considered native to europe, africa and asia that has been.
Screening and evaluation of sonchus asper nhexane extract. The genus sonchus includes approximately 60 species, and three of them have become common weeds throughout the world. Five species of sonchus subgenus sonchus were surveyed for their phenolic constituents. Herbicide effectiveness key to rankings barricaderegalkade. This plant is a spring or summer annual usually the former that becomes tall, branching sparingly in the upper half. Perennial sowthistle is similar in appearance to spiny sowthistle sonchus asper and common sowthistle sonchus oleraceus. Sonchus asper is traditionally used in pakistan for the treatment of reproductive dysfunction and oxidative stress. Sonchus oleraceus is a dicotyledonous winter annual plant in the family asteraceae. Download includes an excel spreadsheet of the attributes, and a pdf explaining the. A chemotaxonomic survey of sonchus subgenus sonchus. Spiny sowthistle has decidedly larger, spiny teeth on the leaves and larger lobes at the leaf base, and flowers typically less than 1 inch across. Spinyleaf sowthistle, laiteron rude sonchus oleraceus linnaeus var. To evaluate the hepatoprotective effects of same, 36 male spraguedawley rats were equally divided into 6 groups.
The species grows in a wide range of habitats and climates, and produces large numbers of seeds 20,000 seeds, which are easily. Global invasive species database 2020 species profile. Sonchus asper sa is locally used in renal aliments. The record derives from tica data supplied on 20120211 which reports it as an accepted name record 66df1a4e84ea41aabd09de16767f4769 with original publication details. Avh is a collaborative project of the state, commonwealth and territory herbaria, developed under the auspices of the council of heads of australasian herbaria chah, representing the major australian collections.
Sonchus asper common name prickly sow thistle family asteraceae flora category vascular exotic structural class dicotyledonous herbs composites nvs code sonasp conservation status not assessed flower colours yellow year naturalised 1870 origin europe, n. All comments are moderated before posting to keep the riffraff out. Proposed work was conducted to screen and evaluate the activity of the nhexane extract of sonchus asper against anemia by analyzing its effects on red blood cells rbc, hemoglobin hgb and hematocrit hct level of blood in sprague dawley. We do not use these to store personal information about you. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Group b2 resistant sonchus asper from united states. They are respectfully the common sow thistle, the spiny sow thistle and the field sow thistle.
It has a rosette morphology that produces all its leaves, followed by a terminal flowering bud. The australasian virtual herbarium avh is an online resource that provides immediate access to the wealth of plant specimen information held by australian herbaria. Sonchus asper, the prickly sowthistle, rough milk thistle, spiny sowthistle, sharpfringed sow thistle, or spinyleaved sow thistle, is a widespread plant in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family. An overwintering annual of rough grassland, scrub, roadside verges, quarries, rock outcrops, railway lines, arable fields, manure heaps, gardens and waste places. Pdf validation of medicinal values of traditionally used sonchus. Each plant profile in the database contains nomenclature info, botanical data, plant description, large, highresolution pictures, images and photos of the plants and its parts, detailed.
It is in flower from june to august, and the seeds ripen from july to september. Preliminary surveys for suitable control agents found two potential organisms. Spiny sowthistle sonchus asper taproot, very prickly margins, auricles. Both fields had received at least six applications of acetolactate synthase alsinhibiting herbicides. They have rather conspicuous longitudinal veins and are usually hairless, although occasionally the upper stems and flowering stalks have.
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