Common name
English: Mexican Prickly Poppy
German: Mexikanischer Stachelmohn
Portuguese: Cardo-santo
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2598)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2495)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2110)
Order: Papaverales (17)
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
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow
External links
Check for Argemone ochroleuca at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [166] Argemone ochroleuca - Flora of Pakistan
- [191] Argemone ochroleuca - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Literature
- [35] Barthlott,W. (1998): Dumonts große Pflanzenenzyklopädie. Dumont Verlag, Köln, Germany.
- [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.