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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Tall Poppymallow

Callirhoe leiocarpa
native · Hill Country

Tall Poppymallow is an annual wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–4 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms red, pink and purple in Mar–Aug. Good for bees and nectar insects.

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The facts

4 sources
Type
Annual wildflower
Sun
Full sun to part shade (3–7 hrs of direct sun)
Water
Low
Height
1–4 ft
Spread
2 ft
Bloom
Mar–Aug · red, pink, purple
Foliage
Deciduous or dies back in winter
Soil
Takes clay · recorded on clay, loam, moist, sand
Wildlife
Supports bees and nectar insects

Where it grows

Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:

Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low Terraces

642 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.