Papaveraceae
Pale Mexican pricklypoppy
Argemone ochroleuca
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Genus
- Argemone
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- أرجمون أصفر
- Chinese
- 淡黃薊罌粟, 淡黄蓟罂粟
- English
- Pale Mexican pricklypoppy
Synonyms
- Argemone barclayana Penny ex Loudon
- Argemone intermedia Sweet
- Argemone intermedia var. stenopetala (Rose) Prain
- Argemone mexicana var. ochroleuca (Sweet) Lindl.
- Argemone ochroleuca subsp. ochroleuca
- Argemone ochroleuca subsp. stenopetala (Rose) Ownbey
- Argemone ochroleuca var. stenopetala (Prain) Shinners
- Argemone stenopetala Rose
- Argemone sulphurea Sweet ex Loudon
Flowers
- In flower
- August to May (from 1,097 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: rociherrera, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Viacheslav Shalisko, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JonRichfield, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: asenetvitaliani, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: JonRichfield, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: JörgS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: JonRichfield, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Emma Bannister, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.