Argemone ochroleuca ochroleuca
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Flower
20 Mar 2007
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20 Mar 2007
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20 Mar 2007
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Fruit
20 Mar 2007
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Leaves
03 Jul 2011
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Full name: | Argemone ochroleuca Sweet subsp. ochroleuca |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Bloudissel, Witblom-bloudissel, Meksikaanse papawer, Geelpoppie, Steekbossie, Blouduiwel |
| English common name(s): | White Mexican poppy, Mexican poppy, Burweed |
| Synonym(s): | Argemone mexicana auct. - non L.-- concept invalid Argemone mexicana L. var. ochroleuca (Sweet) Lindl. Argemone subfusiformis G.B.Ownbey |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Pale yellow to cream coloured flowers. Grey leaves (compared to A. mexicana). (from www.ispot.org.za website) Argemone ochroleuca Sweet: Plants annual or short-lived perennial. Stems branching distally, 3-10 dm, sparingly prickly. Leaf blades: abaxial surface sparingly prickly on veins, adaxial surface usually unarmed; proximal deeply lobed nearly to midrib; distal more shallowly lobed, usually clasping. Inflorescences: buds oblong, body 8-18 × 4-11 mm, with 4-10 prickles per sepal; sepal horns terete, 5-12 mm, unarmed. Flowers 3-7 cm broad, closely subtended by 1-2 foliaceous bracts; petals lemon yellow or rarely darker yellow; stamens 20-75; filaments yellow; pistil 3-6-carpellate. Capsules ovoid-ellipsoid to oblong, 20-50 × 10-18 mm (including stigma and excluding prickles), longest prickles 8-12 mm. Seeds 1.5-2 mm. 2n = 56. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora of North America) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
