Argemone albiflora
white prickly-poppy, bluestem prickly-poppy
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Family:
Papaveraceae
Plant Specifics
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Long-lived perennial
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Landscaping
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Moisture Tolerance:
Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry
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Not wet but not extremely dry -to- Very long very dry periods
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand
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Ecology
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Attracts pollinators including bees, flies, and beetles.
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Rarely grown, likely since it is a poisonous annual with prickles. Invasive in parts of Asia, Africa, and Australia.
This is a personal favorite of one of the authors -- it grows and bloom early and attracts lots of insects. The only issue is the prickles, so I wear gloves when weeding around it. It reseeds readily so long as there is good sun and bare ground where the seeds land.
