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Argemone mexicana |
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| | Prickly barrel-shaped seedpods developing |
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| | Single volunteer seedling, blooming mid-April |
| Synonym(s) |
Argemone leiocarpa |
| Common name |
Mexican prickly poppy |
| Family |
papaveraceae |
| Life cycle |
annual or perennial (Z8-11) |
| Flowers |
yellow (spring) |
| Size |
20" |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
well drained soil; drought-tolerant |
Wildflower, usually annual, whose deeply cut spined leaves are gray-green with whitish veins. Papery yellow flowers appear in spring. Occurs naturally in the southern and southeastern US. Ours didn't act like annuals when I first started them in late winter – they stayed small throughout their first year, then shot up in early spring of year two, blooming by mid-March, and setting seed by late April. But in subsequent years, self-seeded plants have managed to complete their life cycle within a season.
The dried seedpods are hellish to handle, covered with small, loosely attached prickles that desire to embed themselves in tender fingers.
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| | Plenty of seedlings popping up in early May 2022 |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: left fence border About my plant portraits
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- Seed from NARGS '18/'19 exchange. Baggy 70F (22%G, 10d)
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