Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Argemone albiflora var. albiflora
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
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Learn more about Argemone from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Argemone albiflora ssp. albiflora
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Argemone albiflora ssp. albiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Argemone albiflora ssp. albiflora
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 085-02-001:
Argemone albiflora FAMILY Papaveraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Argemone alba
COMMON NAME:
White Prickly-poppy, Carolina Poppy
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_aral9_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Argemone albiflora var. albiflora
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Argemone albiflora ssp. albiflora
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Argemone albiflora ssp. albiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Argemone albiflora ssp. albiflora
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 085-02-001:
Argemone albiflora
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Argemone alba
3077
Forb
Annual/Biennial
Habitat: Sandy roadsides and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia (presumably): but perhaps adventive
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky-white to nearly clear latex
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins spiny ("spinose-dentate")
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White to pink or pale lavender
Radially symmetrical, or nearly so
2-merous
2-3 sepals
4-6 petals
Over 150 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p531
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p198
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p046
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p068
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p054
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