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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Light Poppymallow

Callirhoe alcaeoides
native · Central Texas

Light Poppymallow is a wildflower native to Central Texas. It wants full sun, and handles clay soil. Blooms white and pink in Mar–May.

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The facts

3 sources
Type
Wildflower
Sun
Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
Bloom
Mar–May · white, pink
Soil
Takes clay

Where it grows

5 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.

also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.