Callirhoë papaver |
Callirhoë bushii |
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woods poppy mallow |
Bush's poppy mallow |
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Habit | Plants perennial. | Plants perennial. |
Stems | 2–4(–10), weakly erect, ascending, or decumbent, 3–10 dm, glabrate or hairy, hairs 4-rayed, stellate, or scattered, simple. |
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, oblong, ovate, or rhombic-ovate, 4.3–10(–12) mm; petiole 2–25(–36) cm; blade hastate, cordate, triangular, or ovate, 3- or 5(–7)-lobed, 3–11 × 3.5–13 cm, surfaces hairy, hairs 4-rayed and simple, lobes narrowly lanceolate, linear, linear-falcate, or lanceolate-falcate. |
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, rarely absent, narrowly linear, 2–10.5 × 0.1–1.7 mm. |
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 reddish purple without white basal spot, 2.2–4 cm. |
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 | 7.7–11.2 mm diam.; mericarps 12–20, 2.8–4.2 × 2–3.5 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy, indehiscent; beaks not prominent, 0.7–1.7 mm; collars scarcely differentiated. |
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, 112. |
= 56. |
Callirhoë papaver |
Callirhoë bushii |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–summer. | Flowering late spring–summer(–early fall). |
Habitat | Pine, oak, and pine-oak woods, margins of woods, dry prairies, old fields | Rocky woods, limestone glades, glade margins, meadows, disturbed, open areas |
Elevation | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) | 200–500 m (700–1600 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; FL; GA; LA; MS; TX |
AR; IA; KS; MO; OK |
Discussion | Callirhoë papaver is known from the Gulf Coastal Plain. It is local and uncommon in Alabama, northern Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi, and more common west of the Mississippi River in Louisiana and eastern Texas. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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. | FNA vol. 6, p. 244. |
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Synonyms | Malva papaver | Callirhoë involucrata var. bushii, C. papaver var. bushii |
Name authority | (Cavanilles) A. Gray: Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 17. (1849) | Fernald: Rhodora 11: 51. (1909) |
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