EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: ARGME
• Preferred name: Argemone mexicana
• Authority: Linnaeus

Mexico, Central America. Cultivated as an ornamental. Introduced in parts of Europe, Western Asia, India, Indochina, Malesia, most of Africa, Canada (Ontario), USA (Texas and Florida to northeast), South America (Venezuela to Bolivia, eastern Brazil, northern Argentina), New Guinea, Australia (Western, Queensland, New South Wales)

WSSA list of weeds in North America