Sow thistle has the potential to generate a tremendous number of progeny. Each plant can produce 4,000 to 13,000 airborne seeds. Even more astounding is the fact that after landing, each seed can ...

Sow thistle leaves are also food for other insects, including the caterpillars of several kinds of moth. ... Some, in fact, can produce seeds in staggering numbers — as many as 25,000 per plant.

Sow thistle leaves are also food for other insects, including the caterpillars of several kinds of moth. ... Some, in fact, can produce seeds in staggering numbers — as many as 25,000 per plant.

Three species of sow thistle grow in Florida — spiny sow thistle (Sonchus asper), common sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceous) and field sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis) — but none is the type… ...