Crested Prickly Poppy
Argemone polyanthemos
Spiny, blue-gray foliage and crepe-papery white poppies with golden centers on disturbed plains. The bitter yellow sap deters every browser. All parts, seed included, carry toxic alkaloids.
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, ID, IL, KS, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY