Difference between revisions of "Argemone mexicana"
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==Ecology== | ==Ecology== | ||
===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ||
| − | + | It is found in disturbed areas, such as sandy roadsides (Weakley 2015). Weakley mentions ''A. mexicana'' is native to peninsular Florida (Weakley 2015). | |
===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ||
| − | + | It flowers from April to May, and sometimes in August (Weakley 2015). | |
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===Seed bank and germination=== | ===Seed bank and germination=== | ||
Revision as of 13:44, 9 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 L. | |
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| Natural range of Argemone mexicana from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Description
Common names: Mexican Pricklypoppy, Mexican poppy
Synonym names: A. leiocarpa Greene, A. mexicana fma. leiocarpa (Greene) G.B. Ownbey
Distribution
It is found in peninsular Florida (Weakley 2015).
Ecology
Habitat
It is found in disturbed areas, such as sandy roadsides (Weakley 2015). Weakley mentions A. mexicana is native to peninsular Florida (Weakley 2015).
Phenology
It 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.
