The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California

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Names are linked to treatments from the Manual


Key to ARGEMONE

N.B.: couplets are linked, e.g., 1. is linked to 1'.

  1. Sap orange; leaf generally less prickly on upper surface; fruit 25–30 mm; stamens 100–120; seed 1–1.5 mm; East of Sierra Nevada, Mojave Desert
A. corymbosa
  1' Sap generally yellow; leaf ± equally prickly on both surfaces; fruit 35–55 mm; stamens 150–250; seed 2–2.5 mm; Central Western California, Southwestern California, Great Basin Floristic Province, nw Desert Mountains
A. munita


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