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Wind Cave National Park
Wildflowers - Bluestem Pricklypoppy
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| NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz |
| Bluestem Pricklypoppy, Crested Pricklypoppy, Intermediate Pricklypoppy, Annual Pricklypoppy - Argemone polyanthemos |
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A sticky, yellow juice oozes out of the Bluestem Pricklypoppy when the stem is broken. Alkaloids in this sap and seeds are toxic. The Lakota used the yellow sap as a dye for arrow shafts.
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Littleleaf pussytoes can vary in color by elevation. Generally at higher elevations the plant has deeply pink bracts. At lower elevations they are more commonly white.
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Last Updated: December 06, 2008 at 13:55 MST |
