Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Argemone mexicana

yellow prickly-poppy
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

yellow prickly-poppy

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Argemone mexicana

Familia:

Papaveraceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

flower

Tamaño:

to 3 ft tall by 1 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

yellow

Color de la fruta:

green

Fenología:

Blooms late winter-early spring.

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers, Thorns

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Wildflower garden. Roadside wildflower areas. This plant blooms from late winter into spring displaying its large flowers when little else is blooming in the garden.

Consideraciones:

Sharp thorn-like prickles cover most of the plant. Highly toxic.

Disponibilidad:

Seed

Propagación:

Seed can easily be gathered where this plant grows along roadsides. Throw it in open areas in the wildflower garden and expect it to self-seed in future years.

Luz:

Full Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Somewhat moist, no flooding -a- Very long very dry periods

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand

pH del suelo:

Circum-neutral to calcareous.

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B

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Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators

Attracts pollinators including bees, flies, and beetles.  Documented bee species include   Apis mellifera (honeybee), Dialictus tegularis , and Halictus ligatus ( Deyrup et al. 2002) .

Hábitats nativos:

Ruderal areas. Common on dry roadsides.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

This is one of Florida's most showy and most under-appreciated wildflowers. Look for it along disturbed roadsides in mid-late winter and early spring.



This is a personal favorite of one of the authors -- it grows and bloom early and attracts lots of insects.  The only issue is the prickles, so I wear gloves when weeding around it.  It reseeds readily so long as there is good sun and  bare ground where the seeds land.



Don't let the name fool you, this is a Florida native.

FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Deyrup, Mark, Jay Edirisinghe, and Beth Norden. (2002). The diversity and floral hosts of bees at the Archbold Biological Station, Florida (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Insecta Mundi, 544. ( https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/544/ ). Accessed 2026. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.


Osorio, Rufino. (2001). A Gardener's Guide to Florida's Native Plants. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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