Index / Search / Sonchus arvensis ssp. arvensis
§1 Plant
Sonchus arvensis L. ssp. arvensis
vernacular field sowthistle — subspecies · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Sonchus
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
County-level range
· 130 counties across 16 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 130 counties across 16 states/territories.
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 3 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 32 I ▾
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Clinton 36019
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Hamilton 36041
- Kings 36047
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Wyoming 36121
Ohio view state ↗ 22 I ▾
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Clinton 39027
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Franklin 39049
- Geauga 39055
- Highland 39071
- Holmes 39075
- Jefferson 39081
- Lake 39085
- Lorain 39093
- Mahoning 39099
- Marion 39101
- Medina 39103
- Ottawa 39123
- Paulding 39125
- Portage 39133
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Tuscarawas 39157
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 3 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SOARA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7222599 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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