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Wildflowers - Bluestem Pricklypoppy
 
Bluestem Pricklypoppy, Crested Pricklypoppy, Intermediate Pricklypoppy, Annual Pricklypoppy - Argemone polyanthermos
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Bluestem Pricklypoppy, Crested Pricklypoppy, Intermediate Pricklypoppy, Annual Pricklypoppy - Argemone polyanthemos
 
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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fire on the prairie  

Did You Know?
Fire is an important factor in protecting the prairie. Historically, fires burned across the prairie every 4 to 7 years. Fires burn the small trees that would otherwise march across the prairie and turn the grasslands to forest.

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