In its channel I saw some of the milk or sow-thistle plant growing-the sonchus oleraceus.
"Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration Australia Twice Traversed. The Romance Of Exploration, Being A Narrative Compiled From The Journals Of Five Exploring Expeditions Into And Through Central South Australia, And Western Australia, From 1"
Ernest Giles
62. Sow-thistle, sonchus; of the Intybus-kind.
"Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets"
John Evelyn
Some suppose that the botanical term sonchus signifies apo ton soon ekein, from its yielding a salubrious juice.
"Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure"
William Thomas Fernie