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Argemone albiflora Hornem.
Carolina poppy, Bluestem pricklypoppy

Argemone albiflora
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Papaveraceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Annual

Native Range: Eastern and central United States; Mexico.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Doubtfully Native

South Florida History and Distribution: Doubtfully native. Collected once in 1982 by Chuck McCartney as a weed along a roadside in Broward County (numbered as 2341 FTG, in error). The specimen is labelled as posthumous, but this is an error referring to George N. Avery, who determined the identification, not Chuck McCartney, who passed away in 2020. The number is also from Avery's sequence, not that of McCartney.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: For more images, click on the Atlas of Vascular Plants link below.

Synonyms: A. alba.

Other data on Argemone albiflora available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Argemone albiflora has been found in the following conservation area :
Occurrence Native Status
Matheson Hammock Park Doubtfully Present

Argemone albiflora has been found in the following county :
Occurrence Native Status
Broward County Presumed Extirpated Doubtfully Native

Argemone albiflora has been found in the following habitat :
Disturbed Upland

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Argemone albiflora
Copyright by: Shirley Denton