NAZ Flora: A Photographic, Annotated Catalog of Northern Arizona Vascular Plants, published by Mindbird Maps & Books

Argemone pleiacantha ssp. ambigua

Southwestern Pricklypoppy

A member of the Papaveraceae, the Poppy Family

Flower of Argemone pleiacantha ssp. ambigua, Prescott National Forest on slopes of Mingus Mountain, Yavapai County.

Flower.

Prescott National Forest: on ridge north and above Forest Road 493,
on slopes of Mingus Mountain at ca. 5,250 feet elevation.

23 May 2007.

 

Flowering branches of Argemone pleiacantha ssp. ambigua, Prescott National Forest on slopes of Mingus Mountain, Yavapai County.

Inflorescence with flower, buds, and developing fruit.

Same location as prior image.

23 May 2007.

 

Flowering branches of Argemone pleiacantha ssp. ambigua, Prescott National Forest on slopes of Mingus Mountain, Yavapai County.

Inflorescence with flower, buds, and developing fruit.

Same location as prior images.

23 May 2007.

 

Fruiting inflorescence of Argemone pleiacantha ssp. ambigua, Prescott National Forest on slopes of Mingus Mountain, Yavapai County.

Fruiting inflorescence.

Same location as prior images.

23 May 2007.

 

Leaf of Argemone pleiacantha ssp. ambigua, Prescott National Forest on slopes of Mingus Mountain, Yavapai County.

Cauline leaf and adjacent stems.

Same location as prior images.

23 May 2007.

 

Habitat of Argemone pleiacantha ssp. ambigua, Prescott National Forest on slopes of Mingus Mountain, Yavapai County.

Habitat, the subject at center.

Same location as prior images.

23 May 2007.


Photographs copyright © Lee Dittmann

This page created 19 July 2010.

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