Annual or biennial herbs with yellow latex. Leaves deeply pinnately lobed or incised, spiny. Sepals 3, horned at the apex. Petals 6. Stigma ± capitate at apex, 4-6-lobed.
Worldwide: c. 23 species in North and South America, West Indies and Hawaii.
Copyright:
Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25
Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.(2025). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Argemone. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=611, retrieved 12 February 2025
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