Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures by color ( Purple ), 1 by bettydee

bettydee wrote:
Callirhoe alcaeoides, Plains Poppy-Mallow, Light Poppy-Mallow, Pink Poppy-Mallow, Pink Wine Cup, Malvaceae Family, Texas native, perennial.

An herbaceous plant up to 20" tall, from a taproot, branching from base. Leaves are deeply subdivided into 5 to 7 lobes. The 5 petaled pink to whitish flowers are slightly more than an inch wide. The white filaments appear after the anthers have lost their stamen and pollen. Found in prairies, grassy fields, open woods and roadsides. Prefers full sun.



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