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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Mexican Pricklypoppy

Argemone mexicana
native · Central Texas

Mexican Pricklypoppy is a wildflower native to Central Texas. It wants full sun and low water. Blooms yellow in Mar–Jun.

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The facts

3 sources
Type
Wildflower
Sun
Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
Water
Low
Bloom
Mar–Jun · yellow

Where it grows

18 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.