Location: Traditional Design

Names:

• Common Name: Winecup
• Botanical Name: Callirhoe involucrate
• AKA: Purple Poppy Mallow, Texas Winecup

Description: Purple poppy-mallow’s stems sprawl along the ground up to 3 feet, forming a thick mat up to 1 foot tall. Rounded, hairy leaves are deeply lobed and cleft. The chalice-shaped, 1 1/2-2 1/2 in. wide flowers have a white spot at the base of their five, maroon petals. Flowers, which are borne on long, axillary stalks, close in the evening, open in the morning and remain closed after pollination.

Best Growing Conditions: Full sun or partial shade; Low water demand

Landscape Use: Container, Border – Edge

 Wildlife Value: Butterflies (nectar source and larval food source)