Botanical Name: Callirhoe involucrata
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Common Name: Poppy Mallow  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Perennial

 

Height Range

Under 1'

 

Flower Color

Purple, Red

 

Flower Season

Summer

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Sandra Chipley

  • Description

  • Notes

Poppy mallow is a valuable plant for hot south or west facing beds and slopes. The five-petaled flowers are a rich wine-red color with a white eye and they cover the plant all summer. The low spreading stems (the plant grows about 5 inches tall and 24 to 30 inches wide) are densely covered with lush green, deeply lobed leaves; a nice change from many low-water plants. Its spreading habit makes it useful on slopes or cascading over retaining walls. Its also wonderful planted in front of a mass of ornamental grasses. Also commonly called Winecups.