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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Argemone mexicana   FAMILY Papaveraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Argemone mexicana   FAMILY Papaveraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Argemone mexicana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Argemone mexicana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 085-02-002:

Argemone mexicana   FAMILY Papaveraceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Mexican Prickly-poppy, Mexican Poppy


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image of Argemone mexicana, Mexican Prickly-poppy, Mexican Poppy

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_arme4_001_lvd

        

image of Argemone mexicana, Mexican Prickly-poppy, Mexican Poppy

Keith Bradley    kab_a_mexicana_00751

December    Miami-Dade County    FL

Flowers 4-7cm broad, subtended by 1-2 foliaceous bracts, per Flora of North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Argemone mexicana   FAMILY Papaveraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Argemone mexicana   FAMILY Papaveraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Argemone mexicana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Argemone mexicana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 085-02-002:
Argemone mexicana   FAMILY Papaveraceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3224

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Sandy roadsides and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native: south Florida, West Indies, southward?

Rare

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has yellow latex (milky sap)

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins spiny ("spinose-dentate")

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal rosette

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Bright yellow, rarely pale lemon yellow
Radially symmetrical, or nearly so
2-merous
2-3 sepals
6 petals
30-50 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Capsule

 

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