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| Leaves alternate, without stipules, lobed or cut. Milky or colored acrid juice. Flowers regular and large and terminal with a leaf or bract below with 4 or a multiple of 4 petals and 2 sepals. | |
| Flora of North America: Discussion, key to genera (opens new window) | |
| Flower Formula: Sepals 2-3; Petals 4-12 | Glossary |
| Genus (Click for Taxon List) |
WI Taxa (map link) |
Photo | Genus Traits | Google Searches |
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| Argemone
argemony, prickly poppy |
1 |  |
Petals 4. Leaves spiny. | Images Information |
| Chelidonium
celandine |
1 |  |
Petals 4. Leaves not spiny. Flowers yellow. | Images Information |
| Eschscholzia
California poppy |
1 |  |
Flowers orange. | Images Information |
| Papaver
poppy |
3 |  |
Petals 4. Leaves not spiny. Flowers reddish or white. | Images Information |
| Sanguinaria
bloodroot |
1 |  |
Petals 8 or more, flowers solitary. | Images Information |
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