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Sonchus arvensis (Corn Sow Thistle)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Sonchus arvensis, the field milk thistle, field sowthistle, perennial sow-thistle, corn sow thistle, dindle, gutweed, swine thistle, or tree sow thistle, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. Sonchus arvensis is native to Europe, where it is widespread across most of the continent. It has also become naturalized in many other regions, and is considered an invasive noxious weed in some places. The plant produces conspicuous yellow flowers that are visited by various types of insects, especially hoverflies of the genus Eristalis.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Bee Flower Color [1]  UV-Green
Flower Color [1]  Yellow

Predators

Campiglossa producta[2]
Carduelis carduelis (European Goldfinch)[2]
Ensina sonchi[2]
Trupanea amoena[2]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Episyrphus balteatus (Marmelade Fly)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Golovinomyces cichoracearum[2]
Hyaloperonospora parasitica[2]
Peristemma pseudosphaeria[2]
Uredo campanulae[2]

External References

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Citations

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1Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0