Palmeran Sow Thistles (Sonchus palmensis)
![Sonchus palmensis](http://lapalmaisland.sheilacrosby.com/uploaded_images/plants/sonchus.jpg)
Sow thistles look rather like a dandelion gone balistic. That is, the individual flowers look much like dandelions, but they're growing on a shrub anything up to 2 m (6 ft) tall. And now they're flowing all over the island, especially on the east, up to about 1,000 ft. Like so many other plants here, La Palma has a different species from everywhere else - Sonchus palmensis.
The local names are cerraja or lechuguilla.
![Sonchus palmensis closeup](http://lapalmaisland.sheilacrosby.com/uploaded_images/plants/sonchusBee.jpg)
Labels: Canary Island flora, La Palma, La Plama, Plants
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