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Species profile—Argemone mexicana (prickly poppy)

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Papaveraceae → Argemone mexicana (prickly poppy)

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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Papaveraceae
Scientific name
Argemone mexicana L.
Common name
prickly poppy
WildNet taxon ID
12866
Alternate name(s)
Mexican poppy
yellow thistle
yellow poppy
white thistle
Mexican thistle
Mexican pricklepoppy
devil's fig
Conservation significant
No
Confidential
No
Endemicity
Introduced
Pest status
Environmental Weed

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=12866.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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