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§1 Plant
Argemone mexicana L.
vernacular Mexican pricklypoppy — species · Papaveraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Papaveraceae Juss.
- Genus
- Argemone
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
County-level range
· 72 counties across 15 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 72 counties across 15 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Broward 12011
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Marion 12083
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Orange 12095
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Sumter 12119
- Volusia 12127
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 4 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ARME4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2888485 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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