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Clustered poppymallow

Callirhoe triangulata

Also called Clustered Poppy Mallow, Sand Poppy, Triangular Leaf Mallow, Purple Poppy Mallow

Clustered poppymallow
Photo: Arch, John, & Arthur.; Loddiges, Conrad, & Sons.; Loddiges, Conrad, & Sons.; Loddiges, George, Public domain

Clustered poppymallow is a perennial wildflower in the mallow family, native to parts of the upper Midwest and the southeastern United States. It grows to about 60 cm (2 ft) and is best suited to sandy, well-drained soil in full sun.

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water during establishment, then allow the soil to dry out between waterings; it tolerates drought once established.
Soil
Sandy, well-drained soil; poor soils are tolerated.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; protect young plants from extreme heat stress in very hot, humid conditions.
How easy
Easy
Native range
EC. & SE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Callirhoe triangulata, the clustered poppymallow, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. Disjunctly distributed, it is found in the upper Midwest, particularly the Illinois, Kankakee, Mississippi, Wabash, and Wisconsin river valleys, and in scattered locales in the Atlantic Plain of the southeastern United States. A perennial reaching 60 cm (2 ft), it prefers sandy soils.

Other Callirhoe plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Callirhoe triangulata 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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