Plants Profile for Argemone polyanthemos (crested pricklypoppy)

General Information
Symbol:	ARPO2
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Papaveraceae
Duration:	Annual Biennial Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	L48 N
Characteristics
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Chile, Santiago. Usage Requirements.

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, AZ. Usage Requirements.

Clarence A. Rechenthin. Provided by USDA NRCS East Texas PMC (ETPMC). Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, CO. Usage Requirements.

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements.

©G.A. Cooper. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, TX, Big Bend National Park. Usage Requirements.

©G.A. Cooper. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, TX, Big Bend National Park, Dagger Flat. Usage Requirements.

©G.A. Cooper. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, TX, Big Bend National Park, Chisos Basin. Usage Requirements.

©G.A. Cooper. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, TX, Big Bend National Park. Usage Requirements.

©G.A. Cooper. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, UT, Zion National Park, Kolob Canyon. Usage Requirements.

©G.A. Cooper. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, TX, Marathon, S. of on US 385. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 139. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
ARIN7	Argemone intermedia auct. non Sweet
ARINP2	Argemone intermedia Sweet var. polyanthemos Fedde
ARPL2	Argemone platyceras auct. non Link & Otto

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Papaverales
Family	Papaveraceae – Poppy family
Genus	Argemone L. – pricklypoppy
Species	Argemone polyanthemos (Fedde) G.B. Ownbey – crested pricklypoppy

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Argemone polyanthemos annual pricklepoppy bluestem pricklepoppy thistle poppy This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
NE&GP	Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe,and M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.
WSWS	Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.

Wetland Status

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