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Sonchus hydrophilus Boulos
Native Sowthistle

Reference
H.Eichler, Suppl.Black's Fl.S.Austral. 331 (1965)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, robust, fleshy annual or biennial or perennial, herb, 0.5-1.8 m high. Fl. yellow, Jan to Dec. Temporarily wet ground, edges of lakes & streams (saline & freshwater).

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 June 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Roebourne, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Ashburton, Augusta Margaret River, Boyup Brook, Busselton, Capel, Cockburn, Coorow, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Denmark, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Lake Grace, Manjimup, Moora, Nedlands, Northampton, Plantagenet, Port Hedland, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Toodyay.