Callirhoe involucrata
Family: Ranunculaceae
Plant Description: Perennial with usually prostrate stems to 1 m or longer. Leaves 2-6 cm wide, scarcely as long, generally palmately divided into narrow lobes but sometimes merely angled, alternate. Flowers solitary, borne on the leaf axles and dark purple petals 3-4 cm long. Filaments grown together around the style, the stamens seeming to emerge from the style. Root is a stout tuber.
Plant Trivia: Roots are edible.
Field Identification:
Occurrence: Frequent on deep sands in prairies and openings
Bloom Period: February-June
Plant Use: Petals have been used to make orange dye. This plant is aptly named the color is wine and the shape is of a cup.
Key to species of Callirhoe:
- Calyx with bracts……………………………………………………………………..C. involucrata
Calyx not bracted………………………………………………………………………..C. leiocarpa
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