Argemone gracilenta Greene

Sonoran pricklypoppy (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Papaveraceae > Argemone

Characteristics

Plants perennial. Stems 4-12(-18) dm, moderately prickly throughout, prickles patent, longest 7-10 mm. Leaf blades: abaxial surface prickly on main veins, adaxial surface unarmed or sparingly prickly on midrib; basal blades shallowly to often deeply lobed; distal not clasping. Inflorescences: buds subglobose to oblong, body 15-18 × 12-15 mm, sparingly prickly, prickles patent; sepal horns usually slender, terete, (5-)8-12(-14) mm, unarmed or with 1-2 prickles near base. Flowers 6-9 cm broad; petals white; stamens about 150; filaments pale yellow; pistil 3-4-carpellate. Capsules narrowly ellipsoid to narrowly ellipsoid-ovoid, 30-45 × 8-14 mm (including stigma and excluding prickles), scattered-prickly, surface clearly visible, longest prickles 6-8(-10) mm. Seeds to 2 mm. 2 n = 28.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 1.2
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Eye (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Distribution

Argemone gracilenta world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:18801-2
WFO ID wfo-0000547018
COL ID GGC3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Argemone gracilenta Argemone platyceras var. gracilenta