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Stems

decumbent, 0.7–7.5 dm.

Leaves

stipules 5–15(–23) × (3.5–)5.5–10(–15) mm;

blade (1–)2–8.5 × 1.5–9.5 cm, sinuses between lobes of cauline leaves extending to within 5–15 mm of petiole.

Involucellar

bractlets 6–17.5 × 1.5–3.5 mm.

Petals

usually reddish purple with white basal spot, rarely white, (1.5–)1.9–3.2 cm (male sterile 0.8–2 cm).

Mericarps

hairy, hairs simple.

2n

= 30, 60.

Callirhoë involucrata var. involucrata

Phenology Flowering spring–early fall.
Habitat Plains, prairies, waste places, along roads
Elevation 200–1500 m (700–4900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AR; AZ; CO; IA; IL; IN; KS; MN; MO; NE; NM; OK; OR; PA; TX; VA; WY
Discussion

Variety involucrata is introduced in Arizona, central Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, eastern Iowa, eastern Missouri, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 6, p. 243.
Parent taxa Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Callirhoë > Callirhoë involucrata
Sibling taxa
Callirhoë involucrata var. lineariloba
Synonyms Callirhoë involucrata var. novomexicana
Name authority [E F]
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