Argemone polyanthemos, the crested pricklypoppy, also known as bluestem prickly poppy, pricklypoppy, white prickly poppy, annual pricklypoppy, or as thistle poppy is an annual plant with yellow sap and showy white flowers in the poppy family (Papaveraceae).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Thistle poppy being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Argemone albiflora
- Argemone squarrosa
- Argemone hispida
- Argemone pleiacantha
- Argemone hunnemannii
- Argemone aurantiaca
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Genus
- Argemone
- Species
- Argemone polyanthemos
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