Argemone corymbosa, the Mojave prickly poppy, is a flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae native to the eastern Mojave Desert of the southwestern United States. It especially common around Cima, California and the nearby community of Kelso, California. The plant grows in sandy places and on dry slopes, and is very similar to desert prickly poppy.
Description It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to 20–80 centimeters tall, with distinctive orange latex in the stems. The leaves are 8–15 cm long, with prickly margins. The flowers are 4–8 cm diameter, with four white petals and an orange-colored center.
Taxonomy Argemone corymbosa was scientifically described and named in 1886 by Edward Lee Greene. It is classified in the genus Argemone within the family Papaveraceae. It has two accepted subspecies.
Argemone corymbosa subsp. arenicolaThis subspecies was described and named by Gerald Bruce Ownbey in 1958. It grows in northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah Argemone corymbosa subsp. corymbosaThe autonymic subspecies grows in southeastern California and western Arizona
There are two homotypic synonyms of both Argemone corymbosa and subspecies arenicola.
Table of Synonyms Name Year Rank Synonym of: Argemone arenicola 2015 species subsp. arenicola Argemone corymbosa var. arenicola 1959 variety subsp. arenicola Argemone intermedia subsp. corymbosa 1982 subspecies A. corymbosa Argemone intermedia var. corymbosa 1896 variety A. corymbosa
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Sources Web sources
External links Calflora Database: Argemone corymbosa (Mohave prickly poppy)