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Spiny sowthistle |
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 Main Photo of The Weed |
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| Vernacular name | Didhi | |
| Scientific name | Sonchrus asper (L.) Hill. | |
| Family | Asteraceae | |
| Season | Kharif | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | A erect annual glabrous herb, stem upto 1m tall, erect from taproot, fistulose, purplish, glabrous, glaucous, with milky sap, single or multiple from base, branching often carinate. | |
| Leaves | Runicinate | Photo Gallery |
| Flower | Head in umbellate cymes. |   |
| Fruit/ seed | Achene compressed 3-lobbed on face | |
| Habitat and distribution | Cropland as well as non cropland | |
| Flowering and fruiting | May to October | |
| Associated with | Wasteland flora | |
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