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Tall poppymallow

Callirhoe leiocarpa

Also called Annual Wine Cup, Tall Wine Cup, Tall Winecup

Tall poppymallow
Photo: Chet Burrier, CC BY 4.0

Tall poppymallow is a native annual wildflower of the central and southern United States, growing 2 to 4 feet tall with magenta cup-shaped flowers from spring into summer. It needs full sun and fast-draining soil, and it tolerates drought well.

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or rocky soil; avoid heavy clay.
Temperature
Hardy in warm temperate conditions; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
C. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Callirhoe leiocarpa is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae known by the common names tall poppymallow or annual winecup. It was formally described and named by American botanist Robert F. Martin in 1938. It is an annual wildflower that grows 2–4 feet tall with vivid magenta-pink, cup-shaped flowers observed mostly in Texas but with some sighting in other southern states. It thrives in full sun, well-drained sandy or rocky soil, blooms March-August, and is drought-tolerant.

Other Callirhoe plants

Bush's poppymallow · Winecup · Purple poppymallow · Texas poppymallow · Clustered poppymallow · Poppymallow

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Callirhoe leiocarpa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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