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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Common sowthistle
| image =
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asterales]]
| familia = [[Asteraceae]]
| genus = ''[[Sonchus]]''
| species = '''''S. oleraceus'''''
| binomial = ''Sonchus oleraceus''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''''Sonchus oleraceus''''' ('''Common sowthistle''' <ref>[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SOOL ''Sonchus oleraceus''] at [http://plants.usda.gov/ USDA PLANTS Database]</ref>, '''Sow thistle''' <ref>[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Sonchus+oleraceus ''Sonchus oleraceus''] at [[Plants For A Future]]</ref>, '''Annual Sow Thistle''', '''Hare's Colwort''', '''Hare's Thistle''', '''Milky Tassel''', '''Swinies''') is a [[medicinal plant]] native to [[Asia]] and [[Europe]], which can be eaten by [[swine]]s. This plant is cited as an [[invasive species]] <ref>[http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/sonole.html ''Sonchus oleraceus''] at [http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/welcome.html Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants]</ref>.
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Liliales]]
[[Category:Flora of Asia]]
[[Category:Flora of Europe]]
[[Category:Invasive species]]
[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
[[Category:Poisonous plants]]
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