Index / Search / Argemone polyanthemos
§1 Plant
Argemone polyanthemos (Fedde) G.B. Ownbey
vernacular crested pricklypoppy — species · Papaveraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Papaveraceae Juss.
- Genus
- Argemone
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 217 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -23 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 140 min.
- Precipitation
- 10–15 in/yr
- pH range
- 7–8.5
- Root depth
- 6 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- Moderate
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 9,000
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 217 counties across 10 states/territories.
Colorado view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Baca 08009
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Clear Creek 08019
- Denver 08031
- El Paso 08041
- Elbert 08039
- Gilpin 08047
- Huerfano 08055
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Kit Carson 08063
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Montezuma 08083
- Morgan 08087
- Otero 08089
- Phillips 08095
- Sedgwick 08115
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Kansas view state ↗ 65 N ▾
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Ford 20057
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jewell 20089
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Lane 20101
- Lincoln 20105
- McPherson 20113
- Mitchell 20123
- Morton 20129
- Neosho 20133
- Norton 20137
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wyandotte 20209
Montana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Arthur 31005
- Banner 31007
- Box Butte 31013
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Deuel 31049
- Dundy 31057
- Franklin 31061
- Frontier 31063
- Furnas 31065
- Gage 31067
- Garden 31069
- Grant 31075
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Jefferson 31095
- Kearney 31099
- Knox 31107
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- McPherson 31117
- Morrill 31123
- Perkins 31135
- Red Willow 31145
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sioux 31165
- Thomas 31171
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
New Mexico view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 20 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Bailey 48017
- Brazos 48041
- Briscoe 48045
- Burleson 48051
- Childress 48075
- Clay 48077
- Colorado 48089
- Cottle 48101
- Crane 48103
- Dallam 48111
- Dallas 48113
- Fayette 48149
- Fisher 48151
- Foard 48155
- Garza 48169
- Gray 48179
- Hartley 48205
- Hemphill 48211
- Hudspeth 48229
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jackson 48239
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jefferson 48245
- Lipscomb 48295
- Lubbock 48303
- Madison 48313
- Marion 48315
- McLennan 48309
- Milam 48331
- Mills 48333
- Motley 48345
- Nolan 48353
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Parker 48367
- Reeves 48389
- Roberts 48393
- Robertson 48395
- San Patricio 48409
- San Saba 48411
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Washington 48477
- Wheeler 48483
- Wichita 48485
- Williamson 48491
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ARPO2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2888477 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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