Zochos (sonchus oleraceus)

Zochos (sonchus oleraceus)

The Zochos has a scientific name Sonchus oleraceus. The gorse is in bloom from June to August. Its seeds ripen from July to September. Its flowers are hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and are pollinated by bees. The leaves of the plant closely resemble those of grasses of the same family, oblong, smooth, toothed, alternately split into pinnate lobes, and with a broad, succulent petiole that widens at the base to almost embrace the stem, and bears lateral membranous extensions, characteristic of many herbs plants, rather to increase the photosynthetic surface.

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