Purple Poppy Mallow is a trailing native wildflower of dry prairies and plains with vivid, wine-red to purple cup-shaped flowers that bloom from May through September. Its deep taproot makes it exceptionally drought-tolerant. Native bees, especially specialist bees in the family Diadasia, are its primary pollinators and collect pollen almost exclusively from mallow flowers.
Habitat
Dry prairies, plains, and sandy soils from the central to southern plains
Diet
Pollen collected by specialist Diadasia bees; nectar for many native bees
How common
Common
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