Common name
English: Mexican Prickly Poppy
German: Mexikanischer Stachelmohn
Portuguese: Cardo-santo
English: Mexican Prickly Poppy
German: Mexikanischer Stachelmohn
Portuguese: Cardo-santo
Kingdom: Plantae (2654)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2163)
Order: Ranunculales (74)
Family: Papaveraceae (16)(family description)
Genus: Argemone (1)
Epithet: ochroleuca Sweet (1)
Synonym: Argemone mexicana var. ochroleuca (Sweet) Lindl.
mexicana => from or of Mexico
ochroleuca => yellowish-white
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow
Check for Argemone ochroleuca at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNILiterature