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===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.-->
 
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Is found in disturbed areas, such as sandy roadsides (Weakley 2015). Weakley mentions A. mexicana is native to peninsular Florida (Weakley 2015).
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Is found in disturbed areas, such as sandy roadsides (Weakley 2015). Weakley mentions ''A. mexicana'' is native to peninsular Florida (Weakley 2015).
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===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers.  Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ -->
 
Flowers from April to May, and sometimes in August (Weakley 2015).
 
Flowers from April to May, and sometimes in August (Weakley 2015).

Revision as of 10:18, 6 July 2015

Argemone mexicana
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Papaverales
Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Argemone
Species: A. mexicana
Binomial name
Argemone mexicana
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ARGE MEXI dist.jpg
Natural range of Argemone mexicana from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common names: Mexican Pricklypoppy, Mexican poppy

Distribution

Found in peninsular Florida (Weakley 2015).

Ecology

Habitat

Is found in disturbed areas, such as sandy roadsides (Weakley 2015). Weakley mentions A. mexicana is native to peninsular Florida (Weakley 2015).

Phenology

Flowers from April to May, and sometimes in August (Weakley 2015).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on Argemone mexicana:

Apidae: Apis mellifera

Halictidae: Halictus poeyi

Halictidae: Lasioglossum puteulanum

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Weakley, Alan S. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States: Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU). PDF. 464.