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Argemone (Prickly Poppy) is a genus of the family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 Papaveraceae
Papaveraceae

Papaveraceae is a family of flowering plants. The family has been universally recognized by taxonomists, and is also known as the "poppy family"....
. There are 30 to 32 species native to the Americas
Americas

The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions....
 and Hawaii
Hawaii

File:Pahoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii.jpgThe State of Hawaii is a U.S. state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia....
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Argemone (Prickly Poppy) is a genus of the family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 Papaveraceae
Papaveraceae

Papaveraceae is a family of flowering plants. The family has been universally recognized by taxonomists, and is also known as the "poppy family"....
. There are 30 to 32 species native to the Americas
Americas

The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions....
 and Hawaii
Hawaii

File:Pahoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii.jpgThe State of Hawaii is a U.S. state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia....
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Selected species

  • Argemone aenea
  • Argemone albiflora
    • Argemone albiflora subsp. albiflora
    • Argemone albiflora subsp. texana
  • Argemone arizonica
  • Argemone aurantiaca
  • Argemone chisosensis
  • Argemone corymbosa
    Argemone corymbosa

    Argemone corymbosa is a flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae native to the eastern Mojave Desert of the southwestern United States. It especially common around Cima, California and the nearby community of Kelso, California....
     
    • Argemone corymbosa subsp. arenicola
    • Argemone corymbosa subsp. corymbosa
  • Argemone glauca (Nutt.
    Thomas Nuttall

    Thomas Nuttall was an England botany and zoologist, who lived and worked in America from 1808 until 1841.Nuttall was born in the village of Long Preston, near Settle in the West Riding of Yorkshire and spent some years as an apprentice printer in England....
     ex Prain
    David Prain

    Sir David Prain was a Scotland botanist.Prain studied at the University of Aberdeen. He was curator of the Calcutta herbarium from 1887 to 1889, and author of Bengal Plants ....
    ) Pope
    - Pua kala (Hawaii
    Hawaii

    File:Pahoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii.jpgThe State of Hawaii is a U.S. state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia....
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    • Argemone glauca var. decipiens G.B. Ownbey
    • Argemone glauca var. glauca (Nutt. ex Prain) Pope
  • Argemone gracilenta
  • Argemone hispida
  • Argemone mexicana
    Argemone mexicana

    Argemone mexicana is a species of poppy found in Mexico and now widely Naturalisation in the United States, India and Ethiopia. An annual herb with bright yellow sap, it has been used by the indigenous people of the western US and parts of Mexico....
  • Argemone munita
    Argemone munita

    Argemone munita is a species of Argemone known by the common names flatbud prickly poppy and chicalote. This flower is native to California, where it is widespread throughout the western part of the state and its eastern deserts....
  • Argemone ochroleuca
  • Argemone pleiacantha
    • Argemone pleiacantha subsp. ambigua
    • Argemone pleiacantha subsp. pinnatisecta
    • Argemone pleiacantha subsp. pleiacantha
  • Argemone polyanthemos
  • Argemone sanguinea
  • Argemone squarrosa
    • Argemone squarrosa subsp. glabrata
    • Argemone squarrosa subsp. squarrosa


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