Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Argemone mexicana
FAMILY
Papaveraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Mexican Prickly-poppy from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arme4_001_lvd
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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
3224
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Sandy roadsides and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native: south Florida, West Indies, southward?
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
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 Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p054
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