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Corn sowthistle, perennial sowthistle |
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| Vernacular name | Shahadav bari | |
| Scientific name | Sonchus arvensis DC. | |
| Family | Asteraceae | |
| Season | Kharif | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | Perennial, erect herbaceous plant, stem 1.5 m tall alongwith glabrous, glaucous hallow, milky sap. Branching above in inflorescence, single from stout taproot or stolon. | |
| Leaves | Alternate, sessile, clasping, glabrous, dentate upto 30 cm long, reduced above. | Photo Gallery |
| Flower | Loose corymbiform arrangement of flower heads. Achene slightly compressed, oblong, prominently ribbed. |   |
| Fruit/ seed | Non-cropped and cropland | |
| Habitat and distribution | June to October | |
| Flowering and fruiting | Sptember - October | |
| Associated with | Waste land flora | |
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