Common Name:

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Argemone albiflora

Family:

Papaveraceae

Form:

Size:

To 3 ft tall by 2 ft wide

Life Span:

Flower Color:

Fruit Color:

Phenology:

blooms late winter through spring

Noted For:

Recommended Uses:

Considerations:

Availability:

Propagation:

Light:

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Not wet but not extremely dry  ---to--- Very long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

Circumneutral (6.5-7.5)

Suitable to Grow In:

8A, 8B, 9A, 9B

Wildlife:

Native Habitats:

Ruderal areas

Natural Range in Florida:

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Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

Rarely grown, likely since it is a poisonous annual with prickles. Invasive in parts of Asia, Africa, and Australia.  This is a personal favorite of one of the authors -- it grows and blooms early and attracts lots of insects. The only issue is the prickles, so do wear gloves when weeding around it. It reseeds readily so long as there is good sun and bare ground where the seeds land.