Argemone

Argemone is a genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae commonly known as prickly poppies. There are about 32 species native to the Americas and Hawaii. The generic name originated as ἀργεμώνη in Greek and was applied by Dioscorides to a poppy-like plant used to treat cataracts.

Selected species

Argemone aenea G.B. Ownbey – golden prickly poppy Argemone albiflora Hornem – bluestem prickly poppy Argemone albiflora subsp. albiflora Argemone albiflora subsp. texana G.B.Ownbey Argemone arizonica G.B.Ownbey – Arizona prickly poppy Argemone aurantiaca G.B.Ownbey – Texas prickly poppy Argemone chisosensis G.B.Ownbey – Chisos Mountain prickly poppy Argemone corymbosa Greene – Mojave prickly poppy Argemone corymbosa subsp. arenicola Argemone corymbosa subsp. corymbosa Argemone glauca (Nutt. ex Prain) Pope – pua kala (Hawaii) Argemone glauca var. decipiens G.B.Ownbey Argemone glauca var. glauca (Nutt. ex Prain) Pope Argemone gracilenta Greene – Sonoran prickly poppy

Argemone hispida A.Gray – rough prickly poppy Argemone mexicana L. – Mexican prickly poppy Argemone munita Durand & Hilg. – flat-bud prickly poppy Argemone ochroleuca Sweet – pale Mexican prickly poppy Argemone pinnatisecta (G.B.Ownbey) S.D.Cerv. & C.D.Bailey Argemone platyceras Link & Otto – chicalote Argemone pleiacantha Greene – southwestern prickly poppy Argemone pleiacantha subsp. ambigua G.B.Ownbey Argemone pleiacantha subsp. pleiacantha Argemone polyanthemos (Fedde) G.B.Ownbey – crested prickly poppy Argemone sanguinea Greene – red prickly poppy Argemone squarrosa Greene – hedgehog prickly poppy Argemone squarrosa subsp. glabrata Argemone squarrosa subsp. squarrosa Argemone subfusiformis G.B.Ownbey

Formerly placed here

• Papaver armeniacum (L.) DC. (as A. armeniaca L.)

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment

Further reading

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