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Argemone mexicana L.
Mexican pricklypoppy
Symbol: ARME4
Group: Dicot
Family: Papaveraceae
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual
U.S. Nativity: Native
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Plant Synonyms:
ARME4 Argemone mexicana L.
 

ARLE4

Argemone leiocarpa Greene
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About Mexican pricklypoppy

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Plant Distribution by State

Argemone mexicana L.

ARME4

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Related Taxa:
Argemone mexicana L.

View 19 genera in Papaveraceae, 16 species in Argemone

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Classification:
Argemone mexicana L.

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    Kingdom Plantae – Plants
       Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
          Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
             Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
                Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
                   Subclass Magnoliidae –
                      Order Papaverales –
                         Family Papaveraceae – Poppy family
                            Genus Argemone L. – pricklypoppy
                               Species Argemone mexicana L. – Mexican pricklypoppy

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Invasive Information:
Argemone mexicana L.
        Mexican pricklypoppy
This plant is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.
HEAR   USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information Index for Selected Alien Plants in Hawaii (http://www.hear.org, October 20, 1999). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.
 
SWSS   Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Argemone mexicana L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).
View species account or photographs from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18915.
View species account from Wisconsin State Herbarium (UW-Madison).

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