Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Callirhoe pedata
FAMILY
Malvaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Callirhoe pedata
FAMILY
Malvaceae
COMMON NAME:
Palmleaf Poppy-mallow
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_pedata_palmleaf_3
July
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_pedata_palmleaf
August
Inflorescence paniculate; petals deep red, with a white basal spot, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Callirhoe pedata
FAMILY
Malvaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Callirhoe pedata
FAMILY
Malvaceae
3589
Forb
Perennial
Native west of GA-NC-SC, plausibly native to GA or perhaps only adventive
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare in GA
Look for it in occasionally mowed roadside and adjacent powerline right-of-way, with other species of calcareous prairie habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Deep purplish-pink
Bisexual
5 sepals
5 petals
Stamens united to form a staminal column surrounding ovary and styles
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
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