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Argemone ochroleuca
Also called Mexican Poppy, Pale Mexican Poppy, Prickly Poppy, White Flower Mexican Poppy, White Flowered Mexican
Argemone ochroleuca is a species of prickly poppy, a flowering plant commonly known as pale Mexican prickly poppy or Mexican poppy. It is native to Mexico and is also an introduced weed in many temperate and tropical regions of the world. It can grow up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in height and has a sticky yellow sap.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Argemone ochroleuca by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
