Index / Search / Sonchus oleraceus
§1 Plant
Sonchus oleraceus L.
vernacular common sowthistle — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Sonchus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- GL Greenland Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 793 counties across 48 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 793 counties across 48 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 3 I ▾
California view state ↗ 36 I ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Butte 06007
- Contra Costa 06013
- Glenn 06021
- Humboldt 06023
- Imperial 06025
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Los Angeles 06037
- Marin 06041
- Mendocino 06045
- Merced 06047
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Orange 06059
- Placer 06061
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- Sacramento 06067
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Joaquin 06077
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Shasta 06089
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Tehama 06103
- Tuolumne 06109
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
Colorado view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 43 I ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Hamilton 12047
- Hernando 12053
- Indian River 12061
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Okaloosa 12091
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 55 I ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Ford 17053
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Putnam 17155
- Sangamon 17167
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 21 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 53 I ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Beauregard 22011
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Franklin 22041
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Richland 22083
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
Maine view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 25 I ▾
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Cheboygan 26031
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Isabella 26073
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lenawee 26091
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Montcalm 26117
- Oakland 26125
- Osceola 26133
- Otsego 26137
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 8 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 4 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 30 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schuyler 36097
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 25 I ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Mecklenburg 37119
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Pitt 37147
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Wake 37183
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
North Dakota view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 38 I ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Madison 39097
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Miami 39109
- Ottawa 39123
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Sandusky 39143
- Shelby 39149
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 21 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 32 I ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Potter 42105
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 26 I ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Clarendon 45027
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Horry 45051
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Newberry 45071
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
South Dakota view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 68 I ▾
- Angelina 48005
- Aransas 48007
- Bandera 48019
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Blanco 48031
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Brown 48049
- Callahan 48059
- Cameron 48061
- Carson 48065
- Chambers 48071
- Collin 48085
- Comal 48091
- Crane 48103
- Culberson 48109
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- Dimmit 48127
- Duval 48131
- El Paso 48141
- Fort Bend 48157
- Frio 48163
- Galveston 48167
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Guadalupe 48187
- Harris 48201
- Hays 48209
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hudspeth 48229
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jim Wells 48249
- Johnson 48251
- Karnes 48255
- Kendall 48259
- Kenedy 48261
- Kerr 48265
- Kimble 48267
- Kleberg 48273
- La Salle 48283
- McLennan 48309
- Medina 48325
- Menard 48327
- Nueces 48355
- Parker 48367
- Pecos 48371
- Presidio 48377
- Refugio 48391
- Robertson 48395
- San Jacinto 48407
- San Patricio 48409
- Starr 48427
- Sutton 48435
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Val Verde 48465
- Walker 48471
- Ward 48475
- Webb 48479
- Winkler 48495
- Wise 48497
- Zapata 48505
Utah view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Alleghany 51005
- Botetourt 51023
- Campbell 51031
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- Montgomery 51121
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Page 51139
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rockbridge 51163
- Russell 51167
- Shenandoah 51171
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
Washington view state ↗ 22 I ▾
- Adams 53001
- Benton 53005
- Clallam 53009
- Garfield 53023
- Grant 53025
- Grays Harbor 53027
- Island 53029
- Jefferson 53031
- King 53033
- Klickitat 53039
- Lewis 53041
- Lincoln 53043
- Okanogan 53047
- Pacific 53049
- Pend Oreille 53051
- Pierce 53053
- San Juan 53055
- Skagit 53057
- Stevens 53065
- Walla Walla 53071
- Whatcom 53073
- Whitman 53075
West Virginia view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 5 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SOOL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8228544 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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