Argemone corymbosa

Argemone corymbosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Papaveraceae
Genus:	Argemone
Species:	A. corymbosa
Binomial name
Argemone corymbosa Greene

Argemone corymbosa (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.

It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to 40-80 cm 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.

References

• Jepson Flora Project
• Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Jon Mark Stewart, 1998, pg. 9

This flower has six petals.