Descriptive Flora 



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inches long, very prickly, pale, generally whitish along the veins, 

 shallowly or deeply lobed. Flowers two to four inches across. 

 Petals four to six, one to two inches long and nearly as broad. 

 Stamens numerous, yellow, turning black with age. Fruit prick- 

 ly and opening at the top. Buds oblong, with 3 erect spine- 

 tipped horns at the top. Broken stems exude an orange-colored 

 juice. 



Ar germane intermedia Sweet. Mexican Poppy. 



White Prickly Poppy. 



Similar to Argemone alba but stems are more prickly, 

 flowers sessile, and horns of the buds diverge (never erect). 

 Widespread. 



Argemone rosea Coulter Red Prickly Poppy 



Similar to Argemone alba but having red or bright rose- 

 purple petals. In sandy soil. Very rare in San Antonio. The 

 genus receives its name from the Gr. argemone, a poppy used 

 for eye troubles. 



FUMARIACEAE. Fumitory Family. 



Capnoides curvisiliquum (Engelm.) Kuntze. Golden Corydalis. 



Scrambled Eggs. 



These low and spreading, somewhat fleshy-stemmed, early 

 flowering plants bear bright yellow, spurred flowers blooming 

 thickly at the end of the several branches. Leaves largely 

 pinnately compound, alternate, with finely cut and divided leaf- 

 lets. Others simple, deeply segmented. Petals four, unequal. 

 Fruit a long, 4-angled, slightly curved, erect pod one to one and 

 one-half inches long, containing many seeds. In low grounds 

 and often in dry soil. The genus receives its name from the 

 Gr. kapnodes meaning like smoke, due to the odor of some 

 species. 



