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Sonchus oleraceus
pualele, sow thistle
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:	Common

Scientific Name with Authority:		Sonchus oleraceus L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		pualele, sow thistle
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Asterales, Family Asteraceae, Genus Sonchus, Species Sonchus oleraceus


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		GNR
NatureServe State Rank:		HI: SNA
Evidence:		0 Observations, 6 Vouchers, 11 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Amistad National Recreation Area
Arches National Park	Assateague Island National Seashore
Aztec Ruins National Monument	Big Bend National Park
Big Thicket National Preserve	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area	Cabrillo National Monument
Canaveral National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument	Castillo De San Marcos National Monument
Chamizal National Memorial	Channel Islands National Park
Chiricahua National Monument	Coronado National Memorial
Cowpens National Battlefield	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Death Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	DeSoto National Memorial
Dry Tortugas National Park	Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
Everglades National Park	Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Fort Frederica National Monument
Fort Matanzas National Monument	Fort Point National Historic Site
Fort Sumter National Historical Park	Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Gateway National Recreation Area	Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park	Grand Teton National Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve	Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Haleakala National Park	Hot Springs National Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park	John Muir National Historic Site
Kalaupapa National Historical Park	Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park	Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Mojave National Preserve
Mount Rainier National Park	Muir Woods National Monument
Natchez Trace Parkway	Natural Bridges National Monument
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	North Cascades National Park
Olympic National Park	Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Padre Island National Seashore	Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Pinnacles National Park	Pipe Spring National Monument
Point Reyes National Seashore	Presidio of San Francisco
Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site	Redwood National Park
Rock Creek Park	Saguaro National Park
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	San Juan Island National Historical Park
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Saratoga National Historical Park
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Shenandoah National Park	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Tonto National Monument
Tumacacori National Historical Park	Virgin Islands National Park
Yosemite National Park	Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	3/5/2024

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/9/2025 6:16:48 PM

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NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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