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I have just (2009) been given a seedling of this interesting plant with some red colour in the midribs
of the leaves. So far it has been slower growing than The winter didn't treat it kindly and I thought I had lost it, but a piece I broke off by accident in the autumn rooted and the original plant grew back from the roots. It flowered in the summer and produced a seed head, but I didn't get any seedlings from it. Just like the other Sonchus, it was killed in the 'Beast from the East' in 2018. Macronesian.org say: "Shrub up to 2-2.5 m tall, woody and branched. Leaves are lanceolate, pinnatifid, with serrated margins, more or less dark green and up to 30 cm long. The inflorescence is terminal, with heads about 2-2.5 in diameter, of deep yellow flowers. Endemic to the Canaries and found on the two central islands (Tenerife and Gran Canaria), between 100-1,000 m, and most common in evergreen forests and thermophile vegetation. A rupicolous plant characteristic of rocky hillsides, stone hedges and the rooftops of old houses, abundant in many zones, particularly on the north-facing flank." |
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| 27th August 2009 | ||
