Callirhoë digitata

Nuttall

J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 2: 181. 1821/1822.

Common names: Fringed or finger poppy mallow finger wine cup
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 241. Mentioned on page 242.

Plants perennial. Stems 1–4, erect, 5–20 dm, appearing glabrous, but often sparingly hairy, hairs simple, glaucous. Leaves: stipules caducous, subulate, 6–8 mm; petiole 12–30 cm; blade suborbiculate, cordate, or ovate, (3–)5–10-lobed, 3.5–15 × 6–20 cm, surfaces strigose, lobes linear to lanceolate. Inflorescences paniculate; involucellar bractlets absent. Flowers bisexual; calyx lobes valvate in bud, forming apiculate or acuminate point; petals reddish purple with white basal spot, 1.8–3.1 cm. Schizocarps 8–8.5 mm diam.; mericarps 10–20, 3.5–4.5 × 2–3 mm, glabrous, indehiscent; beaks not prominent, 0.5–1.7 mm; collars absent or very weakly developed. 2n = 28.


Phenology: Flowering spring–late summer.
Habitat: Limestone and dolomitic glades, bald knobs, barrens, rocky prairies, open, cherty woodlands
Elevation: 200–500 m

Discussion

Callirhoë digitata occurs in the Ozark Plateaus, Ouachita Mountains, and adjacent Cherokee Plains. A collection made north of the Missouri River along a railroad right-of-way is clearly adventive.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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Laurence J. Dorr +
Nuttall +
Fringed or finger poppy mallow +  and finger wine cup +
Ark. +, Kans. +, Mo. +  and Okla. +
200–500 m +
Limestone and dolomitic glades, bald knobs, barrens, rocky prairies, open, cherty woodlands +
Flowering spring–late summer. +
J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia +
Callirhoë digitata +
Callirhoë +
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