Prickly Sow Thistle Sonchus Asper 2 Stock Image

The Prickly sow thistle, Sonchus asper, can look like a common dandelion, for which it can be considered as a cousin. Despite the scary looking, spiny leaves, it can safely be eaten, also like the dandelion, and in much the same ways. Not only by humans, but animals, too. The `sow thistle` from its common name refers to it being fed to pigs.There are studies for its safety in medicine. Despite all of that, it grows so easily around the world, in many places it is just looked at as a weed.