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purple poppymallow
Callirhoe involucrata
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.0 in. to 1.0 ft.
Spread: 4.0 ft. to 5.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Groundcover, Herbaceous
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Hummingbirds, Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Part Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low, Low, Moderate
- Plant Community
- Plains
- Season of Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August, September
- Flower Color
- Pink Shades, Red Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Readily Seeds
- Design Considerations
- Drought Tolerant, Showy Flowers, Streetscape Plants
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
2 - Soil Type
- Clay, Loam, Sandy, Well Drained
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This species is not deer or rabbit tolerant and seems to be targeted by them.
This is an important larval and adult food host for many of our native invertebrates.