Native Plants
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Callirhoe leiocarpa
Callirhoe leiocarpa R.F. Martin
Tall Poppymallow, Annual Winecup, Tall Poppy-mallow, Tall Poppy Mallow
Malvaceae (Mallow Family)
USDA Symbol: CALE2USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Callirhoe leiocarpa
Tall Poppy Mallow, Wine-Cup
Malvaceae
Location: 30 m E of South Gate on Oakwell Farms Pky & above large rocks on S side of Pky-Oakwell Farms.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Very dry, rocky, calcareous soil. Half shade.
Description: Annual from slim taproot, to 85 cm tall. Leaves sparse, long petioled. Flowers red-purplish, erose at summit. Carpel beaks protruding above summit of fruit. Back of carpel chartaceous on lower 1/3.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jul 27, 1987
Specimen number: 283
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0533
Accession Date: Aug 24, 1993
Accession Number: 40
Annotations: SCFRB