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Argemone polyanthemos
Also called White Prickly-Poppy, Prickly poppy, Annual pricklepoppy, Bluestem pricklepoppy, Bluestem prickly poppy, Pricklypoppy, Thistle poppy
Argemone polyanthemos, the crested pricklypoppy, also known as bluestem prickly poppy, pricklypoppy, white prickly poppy, annual pricklypoppy, or as thistle poppy is an annual plant with yellow sap and showy white flowers in the poppy family (Papaveraceae).
It can be found in areas with dry soil from Texas northward to North Dakota and as far west as Washington State. It has spread or been introduced to areas adjacent to its natural range, which was primarily east of the Rocky Mountains in the shortgrass and mixed grass prairies.
Bluestem pricklypoppy · Mojave pricklypoppy · Smooth pricklypoppy · Mexican pricklypoppy · Flatbud pricklypoppy · Pale Mexican pricklypoppy · Argemone pinnatisecta · Crested Poppy · Southwestern pricklypoppy · Pricklypoppy
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Argemone polyanthemos 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.
