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. The generic name originated as ἀργεμώνη in Greek and was applied by Dioscorides to a poppy-like plant used to treat cataracts.

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)

• 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

Formerly placed here

• Papaver armeniacum (L.) DC. (as A. armeniaca L.)

References

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment

Further reading