{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Callirhoe involucrata group.jpg | image_caption = Purple poppy mallow (''C. involucrata'') | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Callirhoe | authority =Nutt.<ref name=GRIN>{{GRIN genus | name = ''Callirhoe'' | id = 1898 | accessdate = 19 April 2017}}</ref> | synonyms = * ''Nuttallia'' <small>Barton</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=GRIN/> | subdivision = see text }}
'''''Callirhoe''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. Its nine species are commonly known as '''poppy mallows'''<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=21781 |taxon=''Callirhoe'' |accessdate=2010-11-13}}</ref> and all are native to the prairies and grasslands of North America. Of the nine species, some are annuals while others are perennial plants.
The genus is named for the Oceanid Callirrhoe in Greek mythology.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=esMPU5DHEGgC |title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names |volume=I: A-C |first=Umberto |last=Quattrocchi |publisher=CRC Press |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-8493-2675-2 |page=399}}</ref>
Poppy mallow leaves are alternate and palmately lobed. The flowers are cup-shaped and brightly colored.
The purple poppy mallow (''Callirhoe involucrata'') is grown as a garden plant. It is a low-growing perennial with a large taproot and hairy stems. The flowers range from cerise to reddish violet with white centers. It is especially used in dry climates.
Species include:<ref name="GRINSpecies">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?1898 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212015824/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?1898 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-12-12 |title=GRIN Species records of ''Callirhoe'' |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |access-date=2010-07-28 }}</ref><ref name="ITIS"/> * ''Callirhoe bushii'' <small>Fernald</small> – Bush's poppy mallow * ''Callirhoe digitata'' <small>Nutt.</small> – fringed poppy mallow, winecup * ''Callirhoe involucrata'' <small>(Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray</small> – purple poppy mallow, winecup * ''Callirhoe leiocarpa'' <small>R.F.Martin</small> – tall poppy mallow * ''Callirhoe papaver'' <small>(Cav.) A.Gray</small> – woodland poppy mallow * ''Callirhoe pedata'' <small>(Nutt. ex Hook.) A.Gray</small> – palmleaf poppy mallow * ''Callirhoe scabriuscula'' <small>B.L.Rob.</small> – Texas poppy mallow * ''Callirhoe triangulata'' <small>(Leavenw.) A.Gray</small> – clustered poppy mallow
== Formerly placed here == * ''Sidalcea oregana spicata'' <small>(Regel) C.L.Hitchc.</small> (as ''C. spicata'' <small>Regel</small>)<ref name="GRINSpecies"/>
== References == {{Reflist|30em}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} {{Wikispecies}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20030605125915/http://hortiplex.gardenweb.com/plants/nph-ind.cgi?name=Callirhoe&f=d&gl=1&p=1 HortiPlex info for ''Callirhoe'']
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Category:Callirhoe (plant) Category:Malvaceae genera
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