Index / Search / Callirhoe involucrata
§1 Plant
Callirhoe involucrata (Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray
vernacular purple poppymallow — species · Malvaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Malvaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Callirhoe
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 348 counties across 21 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 95 min.
- Precipitation
- 10–36 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.5–7.5
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Stoloniferous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 1 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Gray-Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Red
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 600,000
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Contracting Only
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 348 counties across 21 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 86 N ▾
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Lane 20101
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Mitchell 20123
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Adams 31001
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawson 31047
- Dodge 31053
- Dundy 31057
- Franklin 31061
- Furnas 31065
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Howard 31093
- Jefferson 31095
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- McPherson 31117
- Nemaha 31127
- Nuckolls 31129
- Otoe 31131
- Phelps 31137
- Platte 31141
- Richardson 31147
- Sherman 31163
- Thayer 31169
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
New Mexico view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Beaver 40007
- Beckham 40009
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Carter 40019
- Comanche 40031
- Cotton 40033
- Creek 40037
- Custer 40039
- Ellis 40045
- Garfield 40047
- Grady 40051
- Grant 40053
- Greer 40055
- Harper 40059
- Johnston 40069
- Kay 40071
- Kingfisher 40073
- Logan 40083
- Major 40093
- Marshall 40095
- McClain 40087
- Murray 40099
- Noble 40103
- Oklahoma 40109
- Payne 40119
- Pontotoc 40123
- Roger Mills 40129
- Stephens 40137
- Texas 40139
- Tulsa 40143
- Washington 40147
- Washita 40149
- Woods 40151
- Woodward 40153
Oregon view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 131 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Aransas 48007
- Archer 48009
- Atascosa 48013
- Austin 48015
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Blanco 48031
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Brooks 48047
- Brown 48049
- Burleson 48051
- Burnet 48053
- Caldwell 48055
- Calhoun 48057
- Callahan 48059
- Childress 48075
- Clay 48077
- Collingsworth 48087
- Colorado 48089
- Comanche 48093
- Concho 48095
- Cottle 48101
- Crockett 48105
- Crosby 48107
- Dallas 48113
- Delta 48119
- Denton 48121
- Dickens 48125
- Dimmit 48127
- Donley 48129
- Duval 48131
- Eastland 48133
- Ellis 48139
- Erath 48143
- Fayette 48149
- Fort Bend 48157
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Goliad 48175
- Gonzales 48177
- Gray 48179
- Grayson 48181
- Guadalupe 48187
- Hall 48191
- Hansford 48195
- Harris 48201
- Hays 48209
- Hemphill 48211
- Hidalgo 48215
- Houston 48225
- Hutchinson 48233
- Irion 48235
- Jackson 48239
- Jasper 48241
- Jim Hogg 48247
- Jim Wells 48249
- Karnes 48255
- Kaufman 48257
- Kent 48263
- Kerr 48265
- Kimble 48267
- Kleberg 48273
- Lamb 48279
- Lampasas 48281
- Lavaca 48285
- Lee 48287
- Limestone 48293
- Lipscomb 48295
- Llano 48299
- Lubbock 48303
- Madison 48313
- Marion 48315
- Martin 48317
- Mason 48319
- McCulloch 48307
- McLennan 48309
- McMullen 48311
- Menard 48327
- Milam 48331
- Mills 48333
- Montague 48337
- Motley 48345
- Navarro 48349
- Nolan 48353
- Nueces 48355
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Orange 48361
- Parmer 48369
- Pecos 48371
- Polk 48373
- Randall 48381
- Reagan 48383
- Refugio 48391
- Roberts 48393
- Robertson 48395
- Runnels 48399
- San Patricio 48409
- San Saba 48411
- Shackelford 48417
- Sherman 48421
- Starr 48427
- Stonewall 48433
- Sutton 48435
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Tyler 48457
- Upton 48461
- Val Verde 48465
- Van Zandt 48467
- Victoria 48469
- Waller 48473
- Washington 48477
- Webb 48479
- Wharton 48481
- Wheeler 48483
- Wichita 48485
- Willacy 48489
- Williamson 48491
- Wilson 48493
- Wise 48497
- Young 48503
- Zapata 48505
- Zavala 48507
Utah view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAIN2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5406702 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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