Argemone Explained

Argemone is a genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae commonly known as prickly poppies. There are about 32 species native to the Americas and Hawaii.^[1] The generic name originated as ἀργεμώνη in Greek and was applied by Dioscorides to a poppy-like plant used to treat cataracts.^{[2] [3]}

Selected species

Argemone aenea G.B. Ownbey  - golden prickly poppy Argemone albiflora Hornem  - bluestem prickly poppy Argemone albiflora subsp. albiflora Argemone albiflora subsp. texana G.B.Ownbey Argemone arizonica G.B.Ownbey  - Arizona prickly poppy Argemone aurantiaca G.B.Ownbey  - Texas prickly poppy Argemone chisosensis G.B.Ownbey  - Chisos Mountain prickly poppy Argemone corymbosa Greene  - Mojave prickly poppy Argemone corymbosa subsp. arenicola Argemone corymbosa subsp. corymbosa Argemone glauca (Nutt. ex Prain) Pope  - pua kala (Hawaii)^[4] Argemone glauca var. decipiens G.B.Ownbey Argemone glauca var. glauca (Nutt. ex Prain) Pope Argemone gracilenta Greene  - Sonoran prickly poppy

Argemone hispida A.Gray  - rough prickly poppy Argemone mexicana L.  - Mexican prickly poppy Argemone munita Durand & Hilg.  - flat-bud prickly poppy Argemone ochroleuca Sweet  - pale Mexican prickly poppy Argemone pinnatisecta (G.B.Ownbey) S.D.Cerv. & C.D.Bailey Argemone platyceras Link & Otto  - chicalote Argemone pleiacantha Greene  - southwestern prickly poppy Argemone pleiacantha subsp. ambigua G.B.Ownbey Argemone pleiacantha subsp. pleiacantha Argemone polyanthemos (Fedde) G.B.Ownbey  - crested prickly poppy Argemone sanguinea Greene  - red prickly poppy Argemone squarrosa Greene  - hedgehog prickly poppy Argemone squarrosa subsp. glabrata Argemone squarrosa subsp. squarrosa Argemone subfusiformis G.B.Ownbey^[5]

Formerly placed here

• Papaver armeniacum (L.) DC. (as A. armeniaca L.)^[5]

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment

Further reading

• Book: Pink, A. . Gardening for the Million. . 2004 . Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=102532 Argemone.
2. Book: Gledhill, D. . The Names of Plants . 4 . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-86645-3 . 2008 . 55.
3. ἄργεμον (argemon) means "cataract" in Greek. See Book: Quattrocchi, Umberto . CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names . I: A-C . 2000 . CRC Press . 978-0-8493-2675-2 . 191.
4. Web site: pua kala, kala, naule, pokalakala . . Hawaii Ethnobotany Online Database . 2009-03-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070702123734/http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/resultsdetailed.asp?search=pua_kala . 2007-07-02.
5. Web site: GRIN Species Records of Argemone . Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture . 2010-10-28.