Argemone Mexicana (Noun)
Meaning
Annual herb with prickly stems and large yellow flowers; southern United States to West Indies and Mexico.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Argemone mexicana can be found growing as an invasive annual along roadsides in its native habitats in Mexico.
- Native to the Americas the argemone mexicana inhabits through the southern United States and the Caribbean region.
- The argemone mexicana produces large showy yellow double-petaled flowers on long stalks with coarsely toothed prickly stem below.
- Argemone mexicana with its prickly stems is mostly called a weed in various parts of its native range.
- The argemone mexicana seeds are toxic and can be particularly a problem for livestock after accidental feeding on the seeds during pastures harvesting and when transported within its weed mass later sold off unknowingly.