Argemone corymbosa, the Mojave prickly poppy, is a flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae native to the eastern Mojave Desert of the southwestern United States. It especially common around Cima, California and the nearby community of Kelso, California. The plant grows in sandy places and on dry slopes, and is very similar to desert prickly poppy.
It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to 20âÂÂ80 centimeters tall, with distinctive orange latex in the stems. The leaves are 8âÂÂ15 cm long, with prickly margins. The flowers are 4âÂÂ8 cm diameter, with four white petals and an orange-colored center.
Argemone corymbosa was scientifically described and named in 1886 by Edward Lee Greene. It is classified in the genus Argemone within the family Papaveraceae. It has two accepted subspecies.
There are two homotypic synonyms of both Argemone corymbosa and subspecies arenicola.