Flora of North America species comparison

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Argemone sanguinea

red pricklypoppy, spiny pricklypoppy
Habit Plants annual to short-lived perennial.
Stems

4-8(-12) dm, sparingly prickly.
Leaf

blades: abaxial surface moderately prickly on veins, adaxial surface unarmed to sparingly prickly on main veins;

basal and proximal lobed to 4/5 distance to midrib.
Inflorescences

buds broadly ellipsoid-oblong, body 12-20 × 10-15 mm, somewhat prickly;

sepal horns often angular in cross section, 5-10 mm, slightly prickly basally.
Flowers

6-9 cm broad, usually closely subtended by 1-2 foliaceous bracts;

petals white or lavender;

stamens 150 or more;

filaments lemon yellow to red;

pistil 3-6-carpellate.
Capsules

narrowly to broadly ellipsoid, 25-40(-50) × 8-15(-18) mm (including stigma and excluding prickles), prickly, surface clearly visible;

prickles unequal, longest 5-7(-10) mm.
Seeds

ca. 1.5 mm.
2n

= 28, 56.

Argemone sanguinea
Phenology Flowering early spring–summer; fruiting spring–summer.
Habitat Coastal plains and westward
Elevation 10-1500 m (0-4900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Durango, and Nuevo León)
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Source FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Papaveraceae > Argemone
Sibling taxa
A. aenea, A. albiflora, A. arizonica, A. aurantiaca, A. chisosensis, A. corymbosa, A. gracilenta, A. hispida, A. mexicana, A. munita, A. ochroleuca, A. pleiacantha, A. polyanthemos, A. squarrosa
Synonyms A. platyceras var. rosea
Name authority Greene: Pittonia 4: 68. (1899)
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