Monographs Details:
Authority:

Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:

Papaveraceae
Scientific Name:

Argemone mexicana L.
Description:

Species Description - Stem 3-6 dm. high, spiny or sometimes nearly unarmed. Leaves sessile, clasping by a narrowed base, 1-2.5 dm. long, glaucous, runcinate-pinnatind, spiny-toothed and more or less spiny on the veins; flowers orange or yellow, sessile or subsessile, 2-8 cm. broad; sepals acuminate, bristly-pointed; capsule 2.5 cm. long or more; stigma sessile.

Distribution:

Grand Turk Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America| West Indies|