"On gravelly slopes and foothills from the Gulf coast to the Limpia mountains." (Coulter). Hunter, gravelly hills; honey yield abundant, also pollen; fine for early brood rearing. January and February.*
PRICKLY POPPY. Argemone platyceras (Link. and Otto.)
Poppy family. Papaveraceae.
"Abundant in valleys and along dry hillsides." (Coulter). Roadsides, waste fields and prairies. Honey yield unimportant, but abundance of pollen during the dearth of summer. May and July.*
"This plant is abundant along the Brazos valley. Bees work heavily on it in June, carrying heavy loads of pollen, which they store in nearly every comb, thus making it disagreeable in the honey combs sometimes." (E. Scholl).
POPPY. Papaver rhoeas L.
Poppy family. Papaveraceae.
Cultivated in flower gardens. Honey yield not important and plants few. May.*
PEPPERGRASS. PEPPERWORT. Lepidium Virginicum L.
Mustard family. Cruciferae.