Index / Search / Sonchus asper
§1 Plant
Sonchus asper (L.) Hill
vernacular spiny 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
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 605 counties across 24 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 605 counties across 24 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 42 I ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Chicot 05017
- Cleburne 05023
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Grant 05053
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Newton 05101
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Woodruff 05147
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Franklin 12037
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
Georgia view state ↗ 22 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 39 I ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Bourbon 21017
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Fulton 21075
- Grant 21081
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Rowan 21205
- Simpson 21213
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
Louisiana view state ↗ 64 I ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- 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
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- 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
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 32 I ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Carbon 30009
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Daniels 30019
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Glacier 30035
- Granite 30039
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- Mineral 30061
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Phillips 30071
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
New Hampshire view state ↗ 6 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 38 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 76 I ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 46 I ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cameron 42023
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 83 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 25 I ▾
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Calhoun 54013
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Ohio 54069
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Putnam 54079
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Summers 54089
- Upshur 54097
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SOAS ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3105782 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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