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cowboy rose

Stems

decumbent to weakly erect, 0.5–8 dm.

Leaves

stipules 2.5–11.5 × 1.5–7(–9) mm;

blade 1–8 × 1–9(–12) cm, sinuses between lobes of cauline leaves extending to within 2–5 mm of petiole.

Involucellar

bractlets 4.5–10(–13.5) × 0.5–2 mm.

Petals

reddish purple with white basal spot, white, or mauve with white margins, 1.4–3.5 cm (male sterile 1–2 cm).

Mericarps

glabrous or hairy, hairs simple.

2n

= 28, 30, 60.

Callirhoë involucrata var. lineariloba

Phenology Flowering late winter–summer, sporadically later.
Habitat Pine, oak, and oak-hickory woods, prairies, roadsides, other disturbed areas
Elevation 0–1200 m (0–3900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CO; FL; NM; OK; TX; Mexico (Coahuila)
Discussion

Variety lineariloba is introduced in Florida.

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

Source FNA vol. 6, p. 244.
Parent taxa Malvaceae > subfam. Malvoideae > Callirhoë > Callirhoë involucrata
Sibling taxa
Callirhoë involucrata var. involucrata
Synonyms Malva involucrata var. lineariloba, Callirhoë geranioides, C. involucrata var. parviflora, C. palmata, C. sidalceoides
Name authority (Torrey & A. Gray) A. Gray: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 161. (1862)
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