Callirhoe geranioides Small

  • Authority

    Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden.

  • Family

    Malvaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Callirhoe geranioides Small

  • Description

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    Species Description - Perennial, closely pubescent with very short hairs. Stems mostly branched at the base; branches ascending or spreading, 1-3 dm. long, simple or nearly so: leaves few; blades 2-2.5 cm- broad, pentagonal in outline, 5-lobed, or 5-cleft, cordate; lobes cuneate, coarsely toothed or cleft, mostly rounded or obtuse: petioles longer than the blades: peduncles surpassing the leaves, often 8-10 cm. long: bractlets linear or linear-oblong, acute: calyx rather conspicuous, 10-12 mm. long, about twice as large as the bractlets; segments lanceolate, somewhat acuminate: petals pinkish or pink purple, minutely eroded at the top, 2-2.5 cm - long.

  • Discussion

    In sandy bottoms, southern Texas. Spring and summer.

    Callirrhoe geranioides is related to C. involucrata but it is a smaller plant. The leaf-blades are conspicuously smaller and the segments merely crenate or in some cases incisedcrenate.

    The peduncles are fully twice or usually thrice as long as the subtending leaves, these organs in C. involucrata are about as long as the leaves, sometimes a little shorter or slightly longer.

    The original specimens were collected by A. Schott, on the Mexican Boundary Survey. The label accompanying the specimens bears this record : Rio Bravos del Norte. Canon between Eagle Pass and Laredo, on sandy bottom land, March, April, 1852.

  • Distribution

    In sandy bottoms, southern Texas. Spring and summer.

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