Argemone munita

TaxID: 99321

Basic Information

Argemone munita

Flatbud Prickly Poppy, flat-bud prickly poppy

Argemone munita is a species of prickly poppy known by the common names flatbud prickly poppy and chicalote. "Munita" means "armed", in reference to the many long prickles. This flower is native to California, where it is widespread throughout the western part of the state and its eastern deserts, on slopes to 10,000 feet, and along roadsides. Its range also extends into Baja California, Arizona, and Nevada. This poppy bears its flowers on erect, spiny stems which can exceed a meter in height. The sap is yellow. The blue-green or mint-green, lobed leaves are also very prickly. The white poppy blooms usually have six crinkly petals, each up to 4 centimeters long, and three sepals. The center of the flower is surrounded by a dense ring of up to 250 small yellow or orange stamens bearing the pollen. The flowers are often compared to sunny-side-up eggs, with the dark pistil in the center as a dot of pepper. The fruits are spiny white capsules 3 to 5 centimeters long, each containing many small seeds. The leaves and seeds contain alkaloids which are probably toxic.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Ranunculales

Papaveraceae

Argemone

munita

Unclassified

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Egypt Abesent 2018

Distribution (2 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Mexico Present —
United States of America Present —

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (2 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
SDH1596-14 - rbcLa 552 United States 1989-06-22 33.306, -116.522
GBITS47053-21 - ITS 727 United States - -

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