Tag: Sonchus asper

Sow thistle, No. 5.

Sow thistle, No. 5.

Sow thistle, No. 4.

Sow thistle, No. 4.

Sow thistle, No. 3.

Sow thistle, No. 3.

Sow thistle, No. 2.

Sow thistle, No. 2.

Sow thistle, No. 1. 

All of the photos in this set are of Sonchus asper, the prickly sow-thistle, taken at the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area in Phoenix, Arizona. The species name asper is from the Latin word for rough; it is the root of the English word asperity. 

Sow thistle, No. 1. 

All of the photos in this set are of Sonchus asper, the prickly sow-thistle, taken at the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area in Phoenix, Arizona. The species name asper is from the Latin word for rough; it is the root of the English word asperity.