Sonchus bulbosus, the tuberous hawk's-beard, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a tuberous geophyte native to the Mediterranean basin countries of southern Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa, as well as the Azores (Terceira) and Ireland.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Tuberous Hawk's-beard being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Reichardia picroides
- Reichardia intermedia
- Hypochaeris laevigata
- Leontodon tuberosus
- Leontodon longirostris
- Sonchus maritimus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Sonchus
- Species
- Sonchus bulbosus
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