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Sonchus acaulis is a plant species in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. It is found only on the Canary Islands of Gran Canaria and Tenerife.

Sonchus acaulis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Sonchus
Species:	S. acaulis
Binomial name
Sonchus acaulis Dum.-Cours. 1811[1]

Description

Perennial. Base woody. Leaves in a single large basal rosette up to 1 m across; pinnatifid, wooly, with a pointy tip. Scape up to 1.5 m, without bracts. Inflorescence an umbellate group of flower heads. Peduncles with 1 to several heads, wooly. Involucral bracts broad, very densely white-tomentose. Heads about 2.5 cm across with numerous yellow ray flowers but no disc flowers.[2]

Distribution

Tenerife: Widespread in forest and xerophytic zones, Sierra Anaga to Teno particularly along the northern coast. Gran Canaria: Montane regions, Los Tiles de Moya, Tenteniguada, Cruz de Tejeda, Roque Nublo, etc., 500-1600 m, locally frequent.

References

External links

• Plant Lust numerous photos
• Dave's Garden plant files
• Flora de Canarias
• Calphotos photo gallery, University of California

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Sonchus acaulis, conocido como cerrajón de monte, cerrajón canario o simplemente cerrajón, es una especie de planta herbácea del género Sonchus de la familia Asteraceae, endémica de las Islas de Gran Canaria y Tenerife. Pertenece al subgénero Dendrosonchus, que agrupa a especies subarbustivas leñosas de distribución geográfica limitada a Macaronesia.

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