Light Poppymallow
Callirhoe alcaeoides
Light poppymallow opens pale pink-to-white cup flowers over a low mound on dry prairies and glades, a long-blooming, drought-proof native for sunny, lean soils. The root, parsnip-shaped, has been cooked as a vegetable.
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- white, pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AL, AR, CO, IA, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MO, NE, NM, OK, TN, TX