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3 unusual facts about Sow thistle


Kauri gum

Fresh gum was used as a type of chewing gum (older gum was softened by soaking and mixing with juice of the puha thistle).

Sow thistle

Cicerbita, a genus of plants related to Sonchus, with blue, white, or yellow flowers.

Sow thistle most often refers to yellow flowered, thistle-like plants in the genus Sonchus



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Burham Marsh

Botanical interest includes the rare marsh sow-thistle (Sonchus palustris) and marsh mallow (Althaea officinalis).

Cicerbita alpina

Cicerbita alpina, commonly known as theAlpine Sow-thistle or Alpine Blue Sow-thistle is a perennial herbaceous species of plant belonging to the genus Cicerbita of the Asteraceae family.

Meade Island

Other plant species include Exocarpos aphyllus (Leafless Ballart), Rhagodia preissii subsp. obovata, Salsola tragus (Prickly Saltwort), Sonchus oleraceus (Common Sow-thistle), and a species of Pelargonium.

S. arvensis

Sonchus arvensis, the corn sow thistle, dindle, field sow thistle, gutweed, swine thistle, tree sow thistle or field sowthistle, a plant species