Native plant · PAPAVERACEAE
Argemone mexicana
MEXICAN PRICKLYPOPPY; Mexican prickly poppy
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Argemone mexicana. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Argemone mexicana
- Family
- PAPAVERACEAE
- Genus
- Argemone
- Order
- RANUNCULALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native
- Florida range
- Central Florida · North Florida · South Florida · Florida Keys
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Polk; Putnam; Alachua; Okeechobee; Hillsborough; Lee; Lake; Volusia; Pinellas; Hendry; Miami-Dade; Collier; Broward; Monroe; Pasco; Citrus; Orange; Osceola; Seminole; Sarasota; Palm Beach
Where documented in Florida
Polk; Putnam; Alachua; Okeechobee; Hillsborough; Lee; Lake; Volusia; Pinellas; Hendry; Miami-Dade; Collier; Broward; Monroe; Pasco; Citrus; Orange; Osceola; Seminole; Sarasota; Palm Beach
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Argemone
- Argemone albiflora — BLUESTEM PRICKLYPOPPY; white prickly poppy
Data provenance
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