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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Texas Pricklypoppy

Argemone aurantiaca
native · Central Texas

Texas Pricklypoppy is a wildflower native to Central Texas. It wants full sun. Blooms white in Mar–Aug.

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The facts

3 sources
Type
Wildflower
Sun
Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
Bloom
Mar–Aug · white
Foliage
Deciduous or dies back in winter

Where it grows

286 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.