''Sonchus palmenis'', the La Palma sow-thistle, is a plant endemic to the Canary Island of
La Palma
La Palma (, ), also known as ''La isla bonita'' () and officially San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly island of the Canary Islands, Spain. La Palma has an area of making it the fifth largest of the eight main Canary Islands. The ...
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Description
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.
Distribution in La Palma
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.
Gallery
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File:DO La Palma.svg, La Palma
References
* David Bramwell and Zoë Bramwell. Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands. Editorial Rueda, Madrid, España. 2001.
External links
Flora de CanariasFlickr photoCalphotos photo gallery, University of California
palmensis
Endemic flora of the Canary Islands
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