An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 Genus 2. POPPY FAMILY. I. Argemone mexicana L. Mexican Prickly or Thorn Poppy. Fig. 1978. V Argemone mexicana L. Sp. PI. 508. 1753. '^ Stem stout, i°-2° high, simple or spar- ingly branched, spiny or sometimes nearly unarmed. Leaves sessile, clasping by a narrowed base, 4'-io' long, 2-4' wide, glau- cous, white-sp
An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 Genus 2. POPPY FAMILY. I. Argemone mexicana L. Mexican Prickly or Thorn Poppy. Fig. 1978. V Argemone mexicana L. Sp. PI. 508. 1753. '^ Stem stout, i°-2° high, simple or spar- ingly branched, spiny or sometimes nearly unarmed. Leaves sessile, clasping by a narrowed base, 4'-io' long, 2-4' wide, glau- cous, white-spotted, runcinate-pinnatifid, spiny-toothed and more or less spiny on the veins; flowers yellow or cream-colored, ses- sile or subsessile, 1-2' broad; sepals acumi- nate, bristly-pointed; stamens 4'-s' long; filaments slender, much longer than their anthers; stigma sessile or nearly so; cap- sule l' long or more. In waste places, Massachusetts to New Jer- sey. Pennsylvania, Florida and Texas. .'Mso in ballast about the northern seaports. Adventive from tropical America. A common weed in the American tropics, and introduced into the Old World. The seed yields a valuable painter's oil. June-Sept. Bird-in-the-bush. Devil's-fig. Yellow, Flowering or Jamaica thistle.
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