OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Argemone albiflora var. albiflora   FAMILY Papaveraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Argemone albiflora ssp. albiflora   FAMILY Papaveraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Argemone albiflora ssp. albiflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Argemone albiflora ssp. albiflora

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 085-02-001:

Argemone albiflora   FAMILY Papaveraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Argemone alba

 

COMMON NAME:
White Prickly-poppy, Carolina Poppy


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image of Argemone albiflora var. albiflora, White Prickly-poppy, Carolina Poppy

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_aral9_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Argemone albiflora var. albiflora   FAMILY Papaveraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Argemone albiflora ssp. albiflora   FAMILY Papaveraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Argemone albiflora ssp. albiflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Argemone albiflora ssp. albiflora

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 085-02-001:
Argemone albiflora   FAMILY Papaveraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Argemone alba

 

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3077

Forb
Annual/Biennial

Habitat: Sandy roadsides and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia (presumably): but perhaps adventive

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky-white to nearly clear latex

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins spiny ("spinose-dentate")

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White to pink or pale lavender
Radially symmetrical, or nearly so
2-merous
2-3 sepals
4-6 petals
Over 150 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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