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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Sow Thistles
  8. Palustres
  9. Marsh Sow-thistle

species 2,628 observations

Marsh Sow-thistle

Sonchus palustris

Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

15 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Civil Rustic Moth 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Hyaline Grass Bug, Potato Aphid, Sow-thistle Aphid, Poplar Gall Aphid 6
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Common Flower Fly, Old World Swallowtail, Common Grass Skimmer, Common Loopwing Aphideater 8

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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