Papaveraceae FAMILY

Argemone albiflora

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

All parts of the plant, including the seed, contain toxic alkaloids^[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitAnnual/Biennial

Growth—

Easily grown in ordinary light soil in a sunny position^[2]. Does best in a poor well-drained soil, often self-sowing on stony and sandy sites^[2]. Plants resent root disturbance and are best sown in situ^[3].

Propagation

Seed - sow spring in situ^[2]. The seed usually germinates in 3 - 4 weeks at 15°c^[3]. Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Argemone+albiflora>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. Eastern and Central N. America. — Foster. S. & Duke. J. A. · Houghton Mifflin Co. · 1990 · ISBN 0395467225 ↩︎A concise book dealing with almost 500 species. A line drawing of each plant is included plus colour photographs of about 100 species. Very good as a field guide, it only gives brief details about the plants medicinal properties.
[2]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
[3]Growing from Seed. Volume 2. — Rice. G. (Editor) · Thompson and Morgan. · 1988 · ISBN - ↩︎Very readable magazine with lots of information on propagation. An interesting article on Ensete ventricosum.
[4]Flora of N. America — http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ ↩︎An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses.