Sonchus arvensis
speciesAt a glance
Sources15 archives
Databases and archives Sonchus arvensis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation15 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility264 787 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI54 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics71 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Sonchus arvensis, the field milk thistle,Sonchus arvensis at Plants For A Future field sowthistle, perennial sow-thistle, corn sow thistle, dindle, gutweed, swine thistle, or tree sow thistle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. S. arvensis often occurs in annual crop fields and may cause substantial yield losses.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology21
Life cycle & reproduction14
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment13
Physiology & chemistry8
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Sonchus arvensis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds68 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1R,3Z,6S,7R,8S,9R,10R,16R,18E,20R,21S,23S,24R,25S)-25-benzyl-7,8,21-trihydroxy-10-methoxy-16,23-dimethyl-22-methylidene-2,12,27-trioxo-26-azapentacyclo[18.7.0.01,24.05,11.06,9]heptacosa-3,5(11),18-triene-6-carboxamide | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,4E,6R,12E,14S,15S,17R,18S,19S,20S)-20-benzyl-6-hydroxy-17,18-dimethyl-2,16-dioxa-21-azatetracyclo[12.8.0.01,19.015,17]docosa-4,12-diene-3,22-dione | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,4Z,7S,8R,9R,10R,11S,17R,19E,21S,22S,24S,25S,26S)-26-benzyl-8,9,22-trihydroxy-11-methoxy-17,24-dimethyl-23-methylidene-3,13,28-trioxo-2-oxa-27-azapentacyclo[19.7.0.01,25.06,12.07,10]octacosa-4,6(12),19-triene-7-carboxamide | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S)-1,2-Di-O-((9Z,12Z,15Z)-Octadeca-9,12,15-Trienoyl)-3-O-Beta-D-Galactopyranosyl Glycerol | present | LOTUS | |
| (3aS,5aR,6R,9aS,9bS)-6-hydroxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-5a-methyl-3-methylidene-4,5,6,7,9a,9b-hexahydro-3aH-benzo[g][1]benzofuran-2-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (3R)-3-methoxy-3-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)propan-1-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (3R,4R,6S)-6-[[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-6-[2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5-hydroxy-4-oxochromen-7-yl]oxy-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]methoxy]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (3S,3aS,5aR,6R,9aS,9bS)-3,5a,9-trimethyl-6-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3,3a,4,5,6,7,9a,9b-octahydrobenzo[g][1]benzofuran-2-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (3S,3aS,5aR,6R,9aS,9bS)-3,5a-dimethyl-9-methylidene-6-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3a,4,5,6,7,8,9a,9b-octahydro-3H-benzo[g][1]benzofuran-2-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (3S,3aS,5aR,6R,9aS,9bS)-6-hydroxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-3,5a-dimethyl-3,3a,4,5,6,7,9a,9b-octahydrobenzo[g][1]benzofuran-2-one | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Sonchus arvensis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Sonchus arvensis carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 3635×CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · iapt · CCDB · fl-europaea +10
2n 5435×GoaT · DTOL Flowering Plants Estimates Kew · GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · slov-fl +15
2n 1818×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · book-fedorov +3
2n 646×CCDB · book-northern-plants · CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · book-fedorov +1
2n 05×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
2n 322×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
2n 371×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
2n 401×CCDB · poland
2n 601×CCDB · book-fedorov
n 914×CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 +2
n 011×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 187×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn72 · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 +1
n 272×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
hexaploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
How it livedPBDB
Record type264 787 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions154 of 288 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 5 122 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 451 |
| LDlocation not on record | 258 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 249 |
| Oulu, FI | 174 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 170 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 168 |
| Québec, CA | 160 |
| Olocation not on record | 141 |
| Yangling, CN | 137 |
| Chengdu, CN | 89 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 88 |
| Turku, FI | 82 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 78 |
| Salzburg, AT | 77 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 73 |
| Bergen, NO | 68 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 65 |
| Saint John, CA | 63 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 60 |
| Philadelphia, US | 56 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 55 |
| Taipei, TW | 55 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 54 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 54 |
| South Kensington, GB | 54 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 43 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 42 |
| Görlitz, DE | 40 |
| Burlington, US | 39 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 38 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 36 |
| Green Bay, US | 35 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 34 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 33 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 32 |
| Chengdu, CN | 32 |
| Lanzhou, CN | 32 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 29 |
| Tallinn, EE | 25 |
| UGentlocation not on record | 25 |
| Bern, CH | 25 |
| Vancouver, CA | 25 |
| Mlocation not on record | 24 |
| Helsinki, FI | 24 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 23 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 23 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 22 |
| Garðabær, IS | 22 |
| Beijing, CN | 21 |
| Tartu, EE | 21 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 21 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 21 |
| Uppsala, SE | 21 |
| Xining, CN | 20 |
| Berlin, DE | 20 |
| Guilin, CN | 19 |
| New Haven, US | 17 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 17 |
| Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record | 17 |
| Wlocation not on record | 17 |
| Moscow, US | 17 |
| Toronto, CA | 16 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 16 |
| WNNUlocation not on record | 15 |
| Taipei, TW | 15 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 15 |
| Hunan Hupingshan National Nature Reservelocation not on record | 14 |
| Taipei, TW | 14 |
| Madison, US | 14 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 14 |
| QAUlocation not on record | 14 |
| Urumqi, CN | 14 |
| Xinxiang, CN | 13 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 13 |
| Montréal, CA | 13 |
| Zürich, CH | 13 |
| SXTCMlocation not on record | 13 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 13 |
| Kuopio, FI | 12 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 12 |
| St. Paul, US | 12 |
| Kunming, CN | 10 |
| Allentown, US | 10 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 10 |
| Staten Island, US | 10 |
| Nanjing, CN | 9 |
| Zürich, CH | 9 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 9 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 9 |
| Saint Louis, US | 9 |
| Fargo, US | 8 |
| Provo, US | 8 |
| Jiangxi College of Educationlocation not on record | 8 |
| Denver, US | 8 |
| Zhengzhou, CN | 8 |
| Seoul, KR | 8 |
| Victoria, CA | 8 |
| Philadelphia, US | 8 |
| Mount Pleasant, US | 8 |
| Bronx, US | 8 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 7 |
| Cambridge, US | 7 |
| Emporia, US | 7 |
| Missoula, US | 7 |
| Tianjin Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 6 |
| PRClocation not on record | 6 |
| Strecker Museum, Baylor Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| Bourges, FR | 6 |
| Auckland, NZ | 6 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 6 |
| GMBAlocation not on record | 6 |
| The Tula Region State Institution of Culture "Tula Museum Association"location not on record | 6 |
| Whitewater, US | 6 |
| Tilburg, NL | 6 |
| Brookings, US | 6 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 6 |
| Fulda, DE | 6 |
| Trondheim, NO | 6 |
| Orem, US | 5 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 5 |
| Bozeman, US | 5 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 5 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 5 |
| 云南省思茅市民族传统医药研究所location not on record | 5 |
| WINlocation not on record | 5 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 5 |
| Tacoma, US | 5 |
| Davenport, US | 5 |
| Glarus, CH | 4 |
| Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record | 4 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 4 |
| Forssa, FI | 4 |
| Hamilton, US | 4 |
| Tula State Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Boise, US | 4 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 4 |
| Riverside, US | 4 |
| Kew, GB | 4 |
| Anchorage, US | 4 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 4 |
| Spearfish, US | 4 |
| Stockholm, SE | 4 |
| University of Copenhagen, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Herbarium Clocation not on record | 4 |
| The State Museum-Preserve "The Kulikovo pole"location not on record | 4 |
| Xiamen, CN | 4 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 4 |
| 河南豫北黄河故道湿地鸟类国家级自然保护区location not on record | 4 |
| IDElocation not on record | 4 |
| Guiyang, CN | 3 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 3 |
| València, ES | 3 |
| Durango, US | 3 |
| Changsha, CN | 3 |
| IWEP FEB RASlocation not on record | 3 |
| Peking Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| IMMUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Logan, US | 3 |
| KURAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Taiyuan Normal Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Inner Mongolia Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Cheney, US | 3 |
| Paris, FR | 3 |
| Pullman, US | 3 |
| Weber State Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Bangkok, TH | 3 |
| Dresden, DE | 3 |
| College Park, US | 3 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 3 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 3 |
| MAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural History, Botanical Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| US | 3 |
| Memorial University of Newfoundlandlocation not on record | 2 |
| BClocation not on record | 2 |
| Hazara Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Portland, US | 2 |
| Harrisonburg, US | 2 |
| DASSHlocation not on record | 2 |
| Fribourg, CH | 2 |
| Laboratory of Palaeontologylocation not on record | 2 |
| Turlock, US | 2 |
| Chicago, US | 2 |
| Adelaide, AU | 2 |
| Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Scienceslocation not on record | 2 |
| Albuquerque, US | 2 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 2 |
| Flagstaff, US | 2 |
| Porvoo, FI | 2 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 2 |
| Pocatello, US | 2 |
| Yunnan Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| KRUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Guiyang, CN | 2 |
| Tempe, US | 2 |
| Trois-Rivières, CA | 2 |
| Minia, EG | 2 |
| Oswego, US | 2 |
| Shenyang Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| New Brunswick, US | 2 |
| Washington, US | 2 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Hudson, US | 1 |
| Dehra Dun, IN | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 1 |
| ULBF-AGRlocation not on record | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| Herbario Universidad de Concepciónlocation not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet w Białymstokulocation not on record | 1 |
| Tulane Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Sciencelocation not on record | 1 |
| Muzaffarabad, PK | 1 |
| FLASlocation not on record | 1 |
| Dekalb, US | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Post Graduate College Bannulocation not on record | 1 |
| Odawara, JP | 1 |
| Ypsilanti, US | 1 |
| nbflocation not on record | 1 |
| Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalitionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Nanchong, CN | 1 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Ivano-Frankove, UA | 1 |
| USFS/BHSClocation not on record | 1 |
| Bruce Peninsula National Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Johannesburglocation not on record | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reservelocation not on record | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisienlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 1 |
| Capital Normal Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 1 |
| Millersville, US | 1 |
| Boumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Smithsonian Institutionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Corvallis, US | 1 |
| Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record | 1 |
| Hanshan Normal Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| SGAV-and-NHMDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Columbus State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| McGill University, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Awka, NG | 1 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 1 |
| Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Scienceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Barcelona, ES | 1 |
| Hangzhou, CN | 1 |
| Namur, BE | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 1 |
| JMSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Jurica-Suchy Nature Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pittsburg, US | 1 |
| Xian, CN | 1 |
| Nagasaki University - Fisherieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Qarshi Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Urumqi, CN | 1 |
| Mohonk Preservelocation not on record | 1 |
| Xian, CN | 1 |
| Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record | 1 |
| Williamsburg, US | 1 |
| Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record | 1 |
| UTPLlocation not on record | 1 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Wisconsinlocation not on record | 1 |
| Mount Berry, US | 1 |
| LPMMBHlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Lethbridgelocation not on record | 1 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| KNFYlocation not on record | 1 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| DULlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pomona Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| München, DE | 1 |
| Long Beach, US | 1 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Sonchus arvensis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.