Yellow Prickly-poppy

This is one of Florida's most showy and most under-appreciated wildflowers. Look for it along disturbed roadsides in mid-late winter and early spring.

This is a personal favorite of one of the authors -- it grows and bloom early and attracts lots of insects.  The only issue is the prickles, so I wear gloves when weeding around it.  It reseeds readily so long as there is good sun and  bare ground where the seeds land.

Don't let the name fool you, this is a Florida native.



Wildflower garden. Roadside wildflower areas. This plant blooms from late winter into spring displaying its large flowers when little else is blooming in the garden.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Sharp thorn-like prickles cover most of the plant. Highly toxic.

Ruderal areas. Common on dry roadsides.

• Showy flowers, Thorns
• Attracts pollinators including bees, flies, and beetles.  Documented bee species include  Apis mellifera (honeybee), Dialictus tegularis, and Halictus ligatus (Deyrup et al. 2002).