| La Palma sow-thistle | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Cichorieae |
| Genus: | Sonchus |
| Species: | S. palmensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sonchus palmensis (Sch.Bip.) Boulos 1967 [1] | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Sonchus pinnatus var. palmensis | |
Sonchus palmenis, the La Palma sow-thistle, is a plant endemic to the Canary Island of La Palma.
Tall shrub up to 2 m. Leaves pinnatisect with 10-15 pairs of equally spaced lobes, the lobes 6–40 mm wide. Inflorescence very large and dense, compound-corymbose. Individual heads with 30-50 yellow ray florets but no disc florets.
Widespread especially along the east coast, Fuencaliente, Mazo, Santa Cruz, Las Breñas, Puntallana, La Galga, Los Tilos, etc. west coast, Los Llanos, etc., up to 1000 m in the lower and forest zones.
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Habenaria tridactylites is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to the Canary Islands. It was first described by John Lindley in 1835.
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