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Argemone
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Argemone is a genus of flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae commonly known as prickly poppies.[2] There are about 32 species native to the Americas and Hawaii.[3] The generic name originated as ἀργεμώνη in Greek and was applied by Dioscorides to a poppy-like plant used to treat cataracts.[4][5]

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  • Argemone aenea G.B. Ownbey golden prickly poppy
  • Argemone albiflora Hornem bluestem prickly poppy
    • Argemone albiflora subsp. albiflora
    • Argemone albiflora subsp. texana G.B.Ownbey
  • Argemone arizonica G.B.Ownbey Arizona prickly poppy
  • Argemone aurantiaca G.B.Ownbey Texas prickly poppy
  • Argemone chisosensis G.B.Ownbey Chisos Mountain prickly poppy
  • Argemone corymbosa Greene Mojave prickly poppy
    • Argemone corymbosa subsp. arenicola
    • Argemone corymbosa subsp. corymbosa
  • Argemone glauca (Nutt. ex Prain) Pope pua kala (Hawaii)[6]
    • Argemone glauca var. decipiens G.B.Ownbey
    • Argemone glauca var. glauca (Nutt. ex Prain) Pope
  • Argemone gracilenta Greene Sonoran prickly poppy
  • Argemone hispida A.Gray rough prickly poppy
  • Argemone mexicana L. Mexican prickly poppy
  • Argemone munita Durand & Hilg. flat-bud prickly poppy
  • Argemone ochroleuca Sweet pale Mexican prickly poppy
  • Argemone pinnatisecta (G.B.Ownbey) S.D.Cerv. & C.D.Bailey
  • Argemone platyceras Link & Otto chicalote
  • Argemone pleiacantha Greene southwestern prickly poppy
    • Argemone pleiacantha subsp. ambigua G.B.Ownbey
    • Argemone pleiacantha subsp. pleiacantha
  • Argemone polyanthemos (Fedde) G.B.Ownbey crested prickly poppy
  • Argemone sanguinea Greene red prickly poppy
  • Argemone squarrosa Greene hedgehog prickly poppy
    • Argemone squarrosa subsp. glabrata
    • Argemone squarrosa subsp. squarrosa
  • Argemone subfusiformis G.B.Ownbey[2][7]

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