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Argemone hispida

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Identification
Isotype of Argemone hispida A.Gray [family PAPAVERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Argemone squarrosa
  • Argemone platyceras
  • Argemone hispida
  • Argemone echinata
  • Argemone bipinnatifida

Flora

Entry for Argemone hispida A. Gray [family PAPAVERACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 3,
Names
Argemone hispida A. Gray [family PAPAVERACEAE], Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, 4: 5. 1849
Argemone bipinnatifida Greene [family PAPAVERACEAE]
Argemone platyceras Link & Otto var. hispida (A. Gray) Prain [family PAPAVERACEAE]
Information
Plants perennial. Stems 3-6 dm, densely prickly and crisped-hispid. Leaf blades: surfaces sparsely to densely crisped-hispid between veins, abaxial surface mostly densely prickly on midrib and main veins, adaxial surface less so; proximal lobed 4/5 distance to midrib; distal not clasping. Inflorescences: buds oblong, body 16-20 × 14-18 mm, prickly and hispid; sepal horns 4-7 mm, prickly, apical prickle flattened, indurate. Flowers 7-10 cm broad; petals white; stamens 150 or more; filaments pale yellow; pistil 3-4-carpellate. Capsules ovoid, 30-40 × 12-18 mm (including stigma and excluding prickles), densely prickly, surface obscured, longest prickles straight or incurved, ca. 5 mm. Seeds ca. 2.5 mm.
Phenology
Flowering spring-summer; fruiting summer-fall
Altitude range
1400-2100 m
Distribution
USA Colo.USA N.Mex.USA Wyo.

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