Papaveraceae
Mexican pricklypoppy
Argemone mexicana
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Genus
- Argemone
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- أرجيمون, تشميزج, خشخاش شائك مكسيكي
- Chinese
- 刺罂粟, 蓟罂粟, 蓟罂粟子, 蓟罂粟根, 薊罌粟, 老鼠艻
- English
- Mexican pricklypoppy, Mexican poppy, Prickly poppy, Cardo, Cardosanto, Flowering thistle, Mexican prickly poppy
- Finnish
- Keltapiikkiunikko
- Gujarati
- ભટકડી
- Hindi
- घमोई, भड़भाड़
- Indonesian
- Anjang, Asem-aseman, Kacang meongan
- Malagasy
- Fantsimboay
- Marathi
- कळलावी, पिवळा धोत्रा, विलायतi धोत्रा, विलायती
- Slovenian
- Mehiški bodeči mak
- Spanish
- Adormidera, Adormidera espinosa, Cardo, Cardosanto, Chicalote
- Welsh
- Pabi Mecsico
Synonyms
- Argemone alba Raf.
- Argemone alba var. leiocarpa Fedde
- Argemone leiocarpa Greene
- Argemone leiocarpa var. mexicanoides Fedde
- Argemone leiocarpa var. ochroleucoides Fedde
- Argemone mexicana f. leiocarpa (Greene) Ownbey
- Argemone mexicana var. anacanthoidea Fedde
- Argemone mexicana var. lutea Kuntze
- Argemone mexicana var. mexicana
- Argemone mexicana var. ochroleuca Britton
- Argemone mexicana var. parviflora Kuntze
- Argemone mucronata Dum.Cours. ex Steud.
- Argemone sexvalvis Stokes
- Argemone spinosa Gaterau
- Argemone spinosa Moench
- Argemone versicolor Salisb.
- Argemone vulgaris Spach
- Echtrus mexicanus (L.) Nieuwl.
- Echtrus trivialis Lour.
- Papaver mexicanum (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Flowers
- In flower
- February to May, October (from 1,331 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Steven Bodzin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ravuri Krishna Chaitanya, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mariko GODA, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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- Argemone grandifloraPapaveraceae
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.