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Mexican prickly poppy |
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| Vernacular name | Bharband, kateli, Biladhatura, Satyanashi | |
| Scientific name | Argemone maxicana Linn | |
| Family | Papvarceae | |
| Season | Rabi | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | An erect thistle like annual with bluish colour and yellowish juice | |
| Leaves | Pinnatified with sharp pickles | Photo Gallery |
| Flower | Golden yellow, sepal 2 or 3, petal 4 or 6, style very thick, short, stigma 4-7, capsule oblong usually prickly, oblong, ovoid, opening by 4-6 valves. |   |
| Fruit/ seed | Numerous, globose, netted, brownish black | |
| Habitat and distribution | Roadsides, fallow and cultivated field | |
| Flowering and fruiting | January to April | |
| Associated with | Vegetables | |
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