MALVACEAE - - Mallow Family

Callirhoe pedata (Nuttall ex Hooker) A. Gray — Palmleaf Poppy-mallow

Habitat:

Occasionally mowed roadside and adjacent powerline right-of-way, with other species of calcareous prairie habitats, one occurrence recorded to date; plausibly native, but perhaps only adventive from a native range in prairies and glades of the sc. United States. Previously misidentified as C. digitata Nuttall. Since this species has been in Floyd Co., GA at least since 1991 (29 years to date) I think we can consider it naturalized and not a waif.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].