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Thank you\u00a0… for such a detailed description. I will get to the plant tomorrow and check for the details you suggested.<\/p>\n
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Sonchus asper<\/i> ?<\/p>\n
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Sonchus asper\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
\n<\/div>\nHere we are …
The yellow flower is roughly 1cm in diameter. <\/span>There was a little white sap when I plucked the stem and the stem has thick walls and a little tunnel.<\/span> A different plant had dandelion like wispy attachments. Where does this lead us?<\/div>\nAttachments (5)<\/div>\n
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good show
\nyou are thorough
\nYellow flower heads: dandelion and Sow thistle (sonchus<\/i>)
\nHollow stem: Dandelion and Sow thistle
\nso far both
\nbut your diagnosis clinching picture is number three in this lot..
\nA:<\/b> leaf has prickles
\n(though leaf itself is much narrower than I have seen, but I saw them in summer herbal seminars in the field and even ate the young leaves)<\/p>\nB<\/b>: stem hugging start of the leaf: sonchus<\/div>\n