Perennial Sowthistle / Corn Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis) (10/08/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (alongside drive behind house). And it has very showy, large flowers (Prickly Sowthistles' are smaller and paler, and Smooth Sowthistle "tidier" and usually pale-edged).
Perennial Sowthistle / Corn Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis) (07/08/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (alongside drive behind house). The only sowthistle to have these yellow, glandular and sticky tipped hairs.
Perennial Sowthistle / Corn Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis) (24/07/2022) Widewater and Shoreham Beach, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex (all over the place). The glandular hairs make it quite sticky.
Perennial Sowthistle / Corn Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis) (24/07/2022) Widewater and Shoreham Beach, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex (all over the place).
Perennial Sowthistle / Corn Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis) (24/07/2022) Widewater and Shoreham Beach, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex (all over the place). A young bud.
Perennial Sowthistle / Corn Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis) (10/08/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (alongside drive behind house). Loads of little forked stigmas.
Perennial Sowthistle / Corn Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis) (03/07/2021) Along the main Small Dole road as you turn right out of West Mill Lane, Henfield, W Sussex. It's a very showy flower. The other sowthistles are "neater" and not as brightly orange/yellow.
Perennial Sowthistle / Corn Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis) (01/09/2021) Along the main Small Dole road as you turn right out of West Mill Lane, Henfield, W Sussex. Although not shown, it is a large plant that can grow over a metre.
Perennial Sowthistle / Corn Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis) (07/08/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (alongside drive behind house).
Perennial Sowthistle / Corn Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis) (24/07/2022) Widewater and Shoreham Beach, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex (all over the place). The forked stigmas on their long styles emerging from teh capsules which contain pollen.
Perennial Sowthistle / Corn Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis) (03/07/2021) Along the main Small Dole road as you turn right out of West Mill Lane, Henfield, W Sussex. Unopened buds also with yellow, sticky glandular hairs.
Perennial Sowthistle / Corn Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis) (03/07/2021) Along the main Small Dole road as you turn right out of West Mill Lane, Henfield, W Sussex. The long terminal lobe and fine bristly edges (Smooth Sowthistle leaves are instead more deeply lobed with a step-ladder appreaance and only a few prickles).
Perennial Sowthistle / Corn Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis) (09/06/2021) New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. A really long terminal lobe in this specimen!
Perennial Sowthistle / Corn Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis) (03/07/2021) Along the main Small Dole road as you turn right out of West Mill Lane, Henfield, W Sussex. Upper leaves with auricles, clasping the stem.
Perennial Sowthistle / Corn Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis) (03/07/2021) Along the main Small Dole road as you turn right out of West Mill Lane, Henfield, W Sussex. They are shiny green, unlike the glaucous green of Smooth Sowthistle (and Prickly Sowthistle has much more prickly leaves).
Perennial Sowthistle / Corn Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis) (24/07/2022) Widewater and Shoreham Beach, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex (all over the place). A close up of the fine prickles that line the leaves of Perennial Sowthistle.
Perennial Sowthistle / Corn Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis) (24/07/2022) Widewater and Shoreham Beach, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex (all over the place). The pappus is very bushy.