Argemone mexicana L.

Locations ofArgemone mexicana L. in Virginia

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Family
Papaveraceae
Botanical Name
Argemone mexicana L.
Common Name
Mexican Prickly-Poppy
Synonym(s)
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
in Taxa Not Treated: Waifs
Comments
Mem. Torr. Bot. Club 21:35 (1958) - Frederick Co., Winchester, Hall s.n.. Also reported from chrome and iron ore piles in Newport News in Phytologia 10:390 (1964), (Aug., 1959, Reed 44044, and Nov. 1959 Reed 45881). Occasionally cultivated, rarely found as an escape.
Habitat
Native Status
Introduced

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