You might think I have a fixation for bright, yellow-flowering, invasive plants, as this week’s topic is sow thistle. Actually, there are three versions: common sow ...

Sow thistles look like scraggly dandelions with spiny leaves. Vicky McMillan Provided Sow thistles look rather like scraggly dandelions with prickly leaves. They’re neither dandelions nor thistles, ...

Three species of sow thistle grow in Florida — spiny sow thistle (Sonchus asper), common sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceous) and field sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis) — but none is the type of plant most ...

Forager Nicole Zempel explains how to identify the Sow Thistle. Forager Nicole Zempel explains how to identify the Sow Thistle. She shares information on how to harvest and prepare the plant for ...

I remember as a teeny-tiny just-beginning botany student how wonderful it was to read about new plants, learning their names, identifying features, and habitats. A new world had opened up to me. I ...

The spiny leafed sow thistle is considered a noxious weed in many states because it grows quickly in a range of conditions. Their seeds, much like dandelions, allow the plant to spread quickly. Most ...

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is trying to get control of large patches of perennial sow thistle, which is growing on areas of land it holds behind Blooming Point beach. The Nature ...