PALE POPPY MALLOW
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Callirhoe alcaeoides (Michx. ) A. Gray
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| Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Chase County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 6 - 22 inches tall |
| Family: Malvaceae - Mallow Family |
| Flowering Period: May, June, July, August |
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| Also Called: | | Light poppy mallow, pink poppy mallow. | | Stems: | | Erect, slender, few to several, branched from bases, stiff hairy or sometimes glabrous. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, slender-stalked, triangular to ovate, 1 to 4 inches long, 1 to 3 inches wide, incised or palmately 5 to 7-divided, basal leaves less deeply lobed. | | Inflorescences: | | Solitary or small clusters of flowers, terminal, on stalks to 4 inches long, stalks often bent above middle. | | Flowers: | | Calyces 5-parted, lobes triangular to lanceolate, 3-nerved; tips pointed; corollas pale pink or white, .75 to 1.75 inch wide; petals 5, .5 to 1 inch long, overlapping somewhat; tips often fringed; stamens numerous, united into column. | | Fruits: | | Rings of 10-15 beaked, 1-seeded segments; seeds tiny, smooth, dark. | | Habitat: | | Dry rocky or sandy sites. | | Distribution: | | Principally east half of Kansas. | | Uses: | | The root is edible. | | | | Compare with purple poppy mallow |
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| Pale poppy mallow |  | | 98 KB | | Osborne County, Kansas |
| | Pale poppy mallow |  | | 74 KB | | Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve,Chase County, Kansas |
| | Pale poppy mallow |  | | 131 KB | | Mitchell County, Kansas |
| | Pale poppy mallow |  | | 72 KB | | Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve , Chase County, Kansas |
| | Pale poppy mallow |  | | 77 KB | | Dickinson County, Kansas |
| | Pale poppy mallow |  | | 65 KB | | Mitchell County, Kansas |
| | Pale poppy mallow |  | | 53 KB | | Mitchell County, Kansas |
| | Pale poppy mallow leaf |  | | 125 KB | | Mitchell County, Kansas |
| | Pale poppy mallow |  | | 84 KB | | Mitchell County, Kansas |
| | Pale poppy mallow |  | | 101 KB | | Mitchell County, Kansas |
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