title: Sonchus palmensis
text: # Sonchus palmensis
  
  Sonchus palmenis, the La Palma sow-thistle, is a plant endemic to the Canary Island of La Palma.
  
  ## 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
  
  * La Palma
  