Checklist of Plants of India

Sonchus wightianus DC., Prodr. 7: 187. 1838.

Sonchus arvensis sensu Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 414. 1881 p.p. non L., 1753.

Sonchus brachyotus sensu Babu, Herb. fl. Dehra Dun, 282. 1977, non DC., 1838.

Sonchus lachnocephalus Rech.f. in K.Danske Vid. Selsk., Biol. Skrift., 8 (Symb. afghan. 2), 202. 1955.

ssp. wightianus
Almost throughout India.

ssp. wallichianus (DC.) Boulos, Bot. Not. 125: 297. 1972.
Sonchus wallichianus  DC., Prodr. 7: 185. 1838.
Sonchus arvensis  sensu Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 414. 1881, p.p. non L., 1753.
Almost throughout India.