Callirhoë leiocarpa

R. F. Martin

J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 28: 108. 1938.

Common names: Annual or tall wine cup tall poppy mallow
EndemicIllustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 242. Mentioned on page 240, 241.

Plants annual, sometimes biennial. Stems 1–7 (–10), erect to weakly erect, 0.5–10 (–12) dm, glabrous or sparingly hairy, hairs 4-rayed, stellate, somewhat glaucous. Leaves: stipules persistent, strongly auriculate, 4–8 (–12) mm; petiole 0.7–8 (–12) cm; blade suborbiculate, reniform-cordate, or ovate, shallowly to deeply 3–7-lobed, 1–7 (–9) × 1–9.5 cm, surfaces sparingly hairy, hairs 4-rayed, stellate, and simple abaxially, mostly simple adaxially, lobes oblanceolate. Inflorescences racemose; involucellar bractlets absent. Flowers bisexual or functionally pistillate; calyx lobes valvate in bud, forming apiculate or acuminate point; petals reddish purple with white basal spot, 1.5–2.3 (–3.5) cm (male sterile 1.1–1.6 cm). Schizocarps 5.5–7 mm diam.; mericarps 10–14, 2.8–4.5 × 1.5–2.7 mm, glabrous, dehiscent; beaks prominent, 1–2 mm; collars well developed, 3-lobed. 2n = 28.


Phenology: Flowering (late winter–)spring–mid summer, sporadically later.
Habitat: Prairies, mesquite-juniper woodlands, borders of woods and thickets
Elevation: 0–1000 m

Discussion

Callirhoë leiocarpa has been confused with C. pedata by some authors. It is cultivated occasionally.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Callirhoë leiocarpa"
Laurence J. Dorr +
R. F. Martin +
sagittate +  and hastate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
entire +  and cleft +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
ovate +  and shallowly deeply 3-7-lobed +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (9.5 cm95 mm <br />0.095 m <br />) +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
Annual or tall wine cup +  and tall poppy mallow +
Kans. +, Okla. +  and Tex. +
0–1000 m +
sparse;copious +
dehiscent;indehiscent +
glabrous +  and strigose +
depressed-discoid +, oblate +  and not inflated +
Prairies, mesquite-juniper woodlands, borders of woods and thickets +
axillary +  and terminal +
tough-fibrous +
connate +  and distinct +
simple +, stipulate +, sessile +, subsessile +  and petiolate +
distichous +  and alternate +
oblanceolate +
entire +  and serrate +
brown +, tan +  and drying +
0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
wedge--shaped +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.27 cm2.7 mm <br />0.0027 m <br />) +
3-40-carpellate +
(1-)2-many +
2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
reddish purple +
adnate +  and distinct +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br />) +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
Flowering (late winter–)spring–mid summer, sporadically later. +
acuminate +  and apiculate +
J. Wash. Acad. Sci. +
5.5mm +  and 7mm +
reniform-pyriform +  and reniform +
persistent +
Endemic +  and Illustrated +
sessile +  and subsessile +
erect;weakly erect +
hairy +  and glabrous +
filiform +  and decurrent +
1-2 times number of carpels +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
auriculate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
10-28-branched +
Mallow +
Callirhoë leiocarpa +
Callirhoë +
species +
biennial +  and annual +
glaucous +, glabrous +  and hairy +
monoecious +, dioecious +  and hermaphroditic +