{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Speciesbox |image = Aetheorhiza_bulbosa,_Torroella_de_Montgrí.jpg |image_caption = |display_parents = 3 |genus = Sonchus |species = bulbosus |authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) N.Kilian & Greuter |subdivision_ranks = Subspecies |subdivision = *''Sonchus bulbosus'' subsp. ''bulbosus'' *''Sonchus bulbosus'' subsp. ''microcephalus'' {{small|(Rech.f.) N.Kilian & Greuter}} *''Sonchus bulbosus'' subsp. ''willkomii'' {{small|(Burnat & Barbey) N.Kilian & Greuter}} |subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Sonchus bulbosus'' (L.) N.Kilian & Greuter |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:50426438-2 |website=[[Plants of the World Online]] |publisher=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] |access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref> |synonyms = *''Aetheorhiza bulbosa'' {{small|(L.) Cass.}} *''Crepis bulbosa'' <small>(L.) Tausch</small> *''Hieracioides bulbosa'' {{small|(L.) Kuntze}} *''Hieracium bulbosum'' <small>(L.) Willd.</small> *''Hieracium stoloniferum'' <small>Viv.</small> *''Hieracium tuberosum'' <small>Brot.</small> *''Intybus bulbosus'' {{small|(L.) Fr.}} *''Leontodon bulbosus'' <small>L. (1753)</small> ([[basionym]]) *''Prenanthes bulbosa'' <small>(L.) DC.</small> *''Taraxacum bulbosum'' <small>(L.) Rchb.</small> *''Troximon bulbosum'' {{small|(L.) Raf.}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/><ref name=f>[https://archive.today/20141104022223/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=3&nameId=7acf978e-144c-42bf-bb47-2b7cd32fd8a4 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist, ''Aetheorhiza bulbosa'' (L.) Cass]</ref> }}
'''''Sonchus bulbosus''''', the '''tuberous hawk's-beard''',<ref name=BSBI07>{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }}</ref> is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Asteraceae]]. It is a [[tuber]]ous [[geophyte]] native to the [[Mediterranean basin]] countries of southern Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa, as well as the [[Azores]] ([[Terceira]]) and [[Ireland]].<ref name=powo/>
Three subspecies are accepted.<ref name = powo/> *''Sonchus bulbosus'' subsp. ''bulbosus'' (synonyms ''Hieracium stoloniferum'' {{small|Viv.}} and ''H. tuberosum'' {{small|Brot.}}) – Mediterranean basin, Azores (Terceira), and Ireland *''Sonchus bulbosus'' subsp. ''microcephalus'' {{small|(Rech.f.) N.Kilian & Greuter}} – Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, and Syria *''Sonchus bulbosus'' subsp. ''willkomii'' {{small|(Burnat & Barbey) N.Kilian & Greuter}} – [[Balearic Islands]]
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