Argemone alba

argemone alba

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Location: Kyoto Botanical Garden
Location: Kyoto Botanical Garden

Flower name
Argemone alba
Scientific name
argemone alba
Aliasargemone alba, ホワイトプリクリーポピー, White Prickly Poppy
Place of originwestern and southern North America and Mekosiko
Place of floweringBotanical Gardens
Flowering seasonJune, July, August

What is Argemone alba

Birth flowers for Jul 3

The birth flower for July 3 isWhite Poppy.
Aqua (Water Drop Poetry), Gemini (Image), Mizuho (Editing & Translation) @Kagiken

White Poppy, llustration by Gemini.
Note: The Japanese text in the illustration has the same meaning as Aqua's water droplet poem.
Aqua is a water spirit.

💧 Droplet Poem for the White Poppy: “Strength in Stillness”

by AQUA

The white petals,
swaying in the breeze, gently catch the light.
It is precisely in these quiet moments
that your strength quietly breathes.

💧White Poppy:Argemone alba

Argemone alba , also called White Prickly Poppy, (scientific name: Argemone alba), native to western and southern North America and Mekosiko, is an annual herb in the poppy family Papaveraceae.
In its native habitat, it grows wild in arid areas. It has thorns on its stems and buds to protect it from wild animals.
The flowers are white and the pistil column heads are red. It is an insectivore that attracts bees with its pollen and nectar.
The whole plant contains alkaloids and produces a yellow milky sap that is poisonous when injured.
The genus name, Argemone, means "cataract" in Greek, and the liquid is believed to cure diseases.
It reproduces by seed.
In the same genus is the yellow-flowered Thistle poppy, scientific name: Argemone mexicana.

Common name: Argemone alba,
scientific name: argemone alba,
botanical name: White Prickly Poppy,
plant height: 30-150 cm,
leaf length: 7.5-20 cm, leaf shape: pinnate,
flowering season: June to September, flower diameter: 10 cm, flower color: white,
fruit type: capsule.

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