Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Callirhoe papaver (Cav.) A.Gray |
Bibliography | Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s. 4(1): 17 (1849) |
Native Range | Texas to Florida |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sands and heaths |
Altitude | 0-200m |
Description | leaves 5-7-lobate, segments entire, dentate or incised, flowers 5-7cm across in raceme |
Size | 20-60cm |
Color | purplish red, red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Malva grandiflora (Paxton) C.Morren Malva nuttalloides Croom Malva papaver Cav. Malva papaveriformis St.Lag. Nuttallia ambigua Croom Nuttallia grandiflora Paxton Nuttallia papaver (Cav.) R.Graham Rhoeadia grandiflora (Paxton) Lem. Sesquicella papaver (Cav.) Alef. Sida grandiflora (Paxton) Walp. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (TEX Texas) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, ARK Arkansas, FLA Florida, GEO Georgia, LOU Louisiana, MSI Mississippi) |