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Crested Pricklypoppy (Argemone polyanthemos)

Description

Active Growth Period Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat None C:N Ratio High Coppice Potential No Fall Conspicuous No Fire Resistant No Flower Color White Flower Conspicuous Yes Foliage Color Green Foliage Porosity Summer Porous Foliage Porosity Winter Porous Foliage Texture Coarse Fruit/Seed Color Fruit/Seed Conspicuous Yes Growth Form Single Stem Growth Rate Rapid Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) Height, Mature (feet) 3.0 Known Allelopath No Leaf Retention No Lifespan Long Low Growing Grass No Nitrogen Fixation None Resprout Ability No Shape and Orientation Erect Toxicity Moderate Growth Requirements Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils Yes Adapted to Fine Textured Soils No Adapted to Medium Textured Soils Yes Anaerobic Tolerance None CaCO3 Tolerance High Cold Stratification Required No Drought Tolerance High Fertility Requirement Low Fire Tolerance None Frost Free Days, Minimum 140 Hedge Tolerance None Moisture Use Low pH, Minimum 7.0 pH, Maximum 8.5 Planting Density per Acre, Minimum 10000 Planting Density per Acre, Maximum 25000 Precipitation, Minimum 10 Precipitation, Maximum 15 Root Depth, Minimum (inches) 6 Salinity Tolerance Low Shade Tolerance Intolerant Temperature, Minimum (-F) -23 Reproduction Bloom Period Mid Spring Commercial Availability No Known Source Fruit/Seed Abundance High Fruit/Seed Period Begin Summer Fruit/Seed Period End Fall Fruit/Seed Persistence No Propagated by Bare Root No Propagated by Bulb No Propagated by Container No Propagated by Corm No Propagated by Cuttings No Propagated by Seed Yes Propagated by Sod No Propagated by Sprigs No Propagated by Tubers No Seed per Pound 9000 Seed Spread Rate Moderate Seedling Vigor High Small Grain No Vegetative Spread Rate None Suitability/Use Berry/Nut/Seed Product No Christmas Tree Product No Fodder Product No Fuelwood Product Lumber Product No Naval Store Product No Nursery Stock Product Yes Palatable Browse Animal Low Palatable Graze Animal Low Palatable Human No Post Product No Protein Potential Low Pulpwood Product No Veneer Product No

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Ranunculales

            • Family: Papaveraceae

              • Genus: Argemone