Callirhoë bushii |
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Bush's poppy mallow |
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Habit | Plants perennial. |
Stems | 1–9, weakly erect, ascending, or decumbent, 4.8–14 dm, hairy, hairs 4-rayed, stellate, and often simple, spreading or retrorse, sometimes glabrate. |
Leaves | stipules persistent, ovate, somewhat auriculate, 8–16(–21) × 3.5–10(–13) mm; petiole 2–27(–37) cm; blade suborbiculate to ovate, (3–)5–7-lobed, 4–14(–19) × (2.3–)5–15 cm, surfaces hairy, hairs stellate and simple, lobes broad, oblong or obovate. |
Inflorescences | racemose; involucellar bractlets 3, lanceolate or ovate, 8–22 × 1–4 mm. |
Flowers | bisexual; calyx lobes valvate in bud, forming apiculate or acuminate point; petals red or pale red without white basal spot, 2–3.2 cm. |
Schizocarps | 8.5–11.5 mm diam.; mericarps 15–20, 4–4.6 × 2–3.5 mm, sparsely hairy, indehiscent; beaks not prominent, 0.7–2 mm; collars well developed, 2-lobed. |
2n | = 56. |
Callirhoë bushii |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer(–early fall). |
Habitat | Rocky woods, limestone glades, glade margins, meadows, disturbed, open areas |
Elevation | 200–500 m (700–1600 ft) |
Distribution |
AR; IA; KS; MO; OK |
Discussion | Callirhoë bushii is found in the Ozark Plateaus, Ouachita Mountains, and Cherokee Plains. Adventive populations have also been found north of the Missouri River in Iowa and Missouri. Callirhoë bushii is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 244. |
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Synonyms | Callirhoë involucrata var. bushii, C. papaver var. bushii |
Name authority | Fernald: Rhodora 11: 51. (1909) |
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