Argemone polyanthemos (Fedde) Ownbey

Crested pricklypoppy (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Papaveraceae > Argemone

Characteristics

Plants annual or biennial. Stems 4-8(-12) dm, sparingly prickly. Leaf blades: abaxial surface scattered-prickly on main veins, adaxial surface unarmed; proximal lobed 2/3 distance to midrib; distal clasping. Inflorescences: buds ellipsoid-oblong, body 15-22 × 10-15 mm, sparingly prickly; sepal horns terete, 6-10(-15) mm, usually unarmed. Flowers 7-10 cm broad, usually closely subtended by 1-2 foliaceous bracts; petals white, very rarely lavender; stamens 150 or more; filaments lemon yellow; pistil 3-4-carpellate. Capsules narrowly to broadly ellipsoid, 35-50 × 10-17 mm (including stigma and excluding prickles), prickly, surface clearly visible, prickles widely spaced, longest 4-10(-12) mm, interspersed with a few shorter ones. Seeds ca. 2 mm. 2 n = 28.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.9
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) 0.2
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-8
Soil humidity 2-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity 6-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses dye medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Toothache (root), Eye Medicine (sap), Burn Dressing (seed), Dermatological Aid (seed), Cathartic (seed), Emetic (seed), Eye Medicine (seed), Hemorrhoid Remedy (seed)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 18
Germination temperacture (C°) 17 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Argemone polyanthemos unspecified picture

Distribution

Argemone polyanthemos world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:18861-2
WFO ID wfo-0000547088
COL ID GGCJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Argemone polyanthemos Argemone polyanthemos f. rosea Argemone intermedia var. polyanthemos