Monday, 29 October 2018

Prickly Sow Thistle

Currently flowering at Filnore Woods - the Prickly Sow Thistle (Sonchus asper)

Sow thistle, so called because the white juice or latex in the stem 
was thought to increase the milk yield of sows;
and 'prickly' for obvious reasons.  
There is also a smooth sow thistle.

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