Callirhoe bushii Fernald

Bush's poppymallow (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Callirhoe

Characteristics

Plants perennial. Stems 1–9, weakly erect, ascending, or decumbent, 4.8–14 dm, hairy, hairs 4-rayed, stellate, and often simple, spreading or retrorse, sometimes glabrate. Leaves: stipules persistent, ovate, somewhat auriculate, 8–16(–21) × 3.5–10(–13) mm; petiole 2–27(–37) cm; blade suborbiculate to ovate, (3–)5–7-lobed, 4–14(–19) × (2.3–)5–15 cm, surfaces hairy, hairs stellate and simple, lobes broad, oblong or obovate. Inflorescences racemose; involucellar bractlets 3, lanceolate or ovate, 8–22 × 1–4 mm. Flowers bisexual; calyx lobes valvate in bud, forming apiculate or acuminate point; petals red or pale red without white basal spot, 2–3.2 cm. Schizocarps 8.5–11.5 mm diam.; mericarps 15–20, 4–4.6 × 2–3.5 mm, sparsely hairy, indehiscent; beaks not prominent, 0.7–2 mm; collars well developed, 2-lobed. 2n = 56.
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Stems ± erect, 5–14 dm; herbage pubescent with mainly simple and spreading bristly hairs, varying to merely strigose or subglabrous; lvs suborbicular to ovate in outline, 5–7-cleft, with oblong or ovate, coarsely toothed segments; stipules ovate, 8–16+ mm; peduncles (pedicels) mainly axillary, to 15 cm, 1-fld; fls all perfect; bractlets lanceolate or ovate, 10–17 × 3–6 mm, the slender tips connivent in bud to form an evident beak; pet red or pale red, 20–32 mm, erose-denticulate across the top; mature carpels rugose-reticulate; 2n=56. Glades, rocky woods, and disturbed sites; Mo. and se. Kans. to n. Ark. and e. Okla., barely entering our range in Mo. May–Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 0.9
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Callirhoe bushii world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:42421-2
WFO ID wfo-0000580552
COL ID PT59
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Callirhoe bushii Callirhoe involucrata var. bushii Callirhoe papaver var. bushii