Image to followAI-generated illustrationSonchus oleraceus
Sonchus oleraceus
FamilyGenus: Sonchusnative in Germany
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Interactions
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Host relationships
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About this species
Sonchus oleraceus is a native herbaceous plant in Great Britain. It bears broad leaves, grows up to 0.8 m tall, and produces yellow flowers from May to August. It thrives in full sun on nutrient-rich, calcareous, moderately moist soils and forms light, wind-dispersed seeds.
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PollinationLarval hostFlower visit
Ecological significance
As a native species, Sonchus oleraceus occupies nutrient-rich, low-disturbance habitats and produces abundant, very light seeds.
Annual cycle
Blooms from May to August.
Standort & Merkmale
Light
Sonne
Moisture
Frisch (Mäßig feucht)
Soil
Starkzehrer (Nährstoffreicher/Fetter Boden)
Flowering period
Mai – Aug
Soil reaction
Basisch / Kalkhold
Bioregion
Continental
Growth form
Krautige Pflanze
Woodiness
Nicht verholzt
Leaf type
Breitblättrig
Plant height
0.795 m
Morphological traits: TRY ID3 (CC BY 3.0) & TRY ID81 (CC BY)
Pollen
0.1284 mg/Blüte
Pflege & Anbau
Grow in full sun on moderately moist, fertile, alkaline soils. Does not tolerate saline conditions.
Scientific profile
Sonchus oleraceus is native in Great Britain. It is a non-woody, broad-leaved herbaceous plant reaching about 0.8 m in height, with an average leaf area of roughly 2600 mm². Flowering occurs between May and August. The species requires full sun and moderately moist, nutrient-rich, calcareous soils, and it does not tolerate salinity. It is typical of low-disturbance sites. The seeds are very light, with a diaspore mass around 0.3 mg.
Pollinators & visitors
53 Arten interagieren mit dieser Pflanze
Bombus pratorumLasioglossum morioLasioglossum villosulumPieris rapaeAglais urticaePanurgus banksianusLasioglossum calceatumApis melliferaPontia edusaHalictus scabiosaePieris brassicaePlatycheirus clypeatusPsithyrus campestrisPlatycheirus albimanusBombus schrenckiSyrphus ribesiiEupeodes corollaePsithyrus sylvestrisPsithyrus rupestrisBombus distinguendusAndrena fulvagoLasioglossum leucozoniumHylaeus signatusBombus pascuorumBombus hortorumBombus soroeensisBombus lucorumBombus ruderariusBombus hypnorumBombus sylvarumBombus lapidariusBombus rupestrisBombus campestrisBombus sylvestrisBombus terrestrisBombus bohemicusBombus confususBombus veteranusBombusAndrena rhyssonotaEucera elongatulaEucera notataLasioglossum albocinctumOsmia latreilleiPanurgus dargiusAnthophora bimaculataAndrenaEpisyrphus balteatusCeratina cyaneaMelanostoma scalare
Host relationships
4 species use this plant as a host
Other flower visitors
24 other species visit the flowers
Ursus arctosPyrrhula pyrrhulaChloris chlorisLinaria cannabinaCarduelis carduelisHippodamia variegataCoccinella septempunctataSpinus spinusPsilothrix aureolaEudasyphora cyanellaAdia cinerellaMorellia hortorumPsithyrusMeliscaevaMerodonDasytes tristiculusPsilothrix melanostomaPsilothrix viridicoeruleaAnthaxia funerulaOedemera flavipesTropinota squalidaDelia radicumSiphona geniculatapsithyrus sylevstris
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•pollinator_interactions
•Baden-Böhm F, App M, Thiele J (2022) — The FloRes Database: A floral resources trait database for pollinator habitat-assessment generated by a multistep workflow. Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Dryad, DOI: 10.5061/dryad.djh9w0w29 (CC0)
•FloraWeb / BfN
•EIVE 1.0 — Dengler et al. (2023), DOI: 10.3897/VCS.98324 (CC BY 4.0)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•TRY Categorical Traits (ID3) — Kattge et al. (2012), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.3 (CC BY 3.0)
•TRY Global Spectrum (ID81) — Díaz et al. (2016/2021), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.81 (CC BY)
•Govaerts R et al. (2025) — World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) v14. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. DOI: 10.34885/xs7h-ze42 (CC BY 4.0)
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