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Argemone pleiacantha Greene
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Argemone pleiacantha, inflorescence - frontal view of flower
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Argemone pleiacantha, inflorescence - frontal view of flower

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Argemone pleiacantha, fruit - as borne on the plant
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Argemone pleiacantha, fruit - as borne on the plant
Argemone pleiacantha, whole plant - in flower - general view
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Argemone pleiacantha, whole plant - in flower - general view

Argemone pleiacantha, leaf - basal or on lower stem
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Argemone pleiacantha, leaf - basal or on lower stem
Argemone pleiacantha, leaf - on upper stem
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Argemone pleiacantha, leaf - on upper stem

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Lasioglossum pruinosiforme @ BBSL__UNK (2)

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9. Argemone pleiacantha Greene, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 161. 1908.

Plants annual or perennial. Stems branched, 5-12 dm, sparingly to closely prickly. Leaf blades: abaxial surface sparingly prickly on veins, adaxial surface unarmed or sparingly prickly on veins, apices of lobes angular, marginal teeth prominent; proximal lobed ca. 3/4 distance to midrib; distal sometimes clasping. Inflorescences: buds oblong-obovoid or subglobose, body 14-20 × 11-18 mm, prickly, prickles simple or branched; sepal horns terete or adaxially flattened, 4-12 mm. Flowers 8-12(-16) cm broad; petals white; stamens ca. 150; filaments pale yellow to red; pistil 3-4-carpellate. Capsules ovoid to ellipsoid-lanceoloid, 25-45 × 10-16 mm (including stigma and excluding prickles), closely to sparingly prickly, longest prickles 4-6(-8) mm. Seeds 2-2.5 mm.

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