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.
Best time to see a Purple Poppy Mallow
The best time to see a Purple Poppy Mallow is April–May, when about 68% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 9,235 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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