This evergreen perennial has spreading soft pubescent stems that form a dense low mounded habit with carrot-like roots. It has rounded dull green lobed leaves and the cup-shaped deep pink flowers appear above the foliage from early to late summer.

Hardiness zones 5 to 9

Callirhoe involucratais naturally found in eastern USA from Missouri to Texas growing in well-drained, moderately fertile sandy loams in an open sunny position and is drought and frost tolerant.

The Prairie Poppy Mallow is a perennial that is grown for its flowers and its spreading habit. It is planted in small to large gardens as a ground cover or spill-over in rockeries or above retaining walls. It establishes in one season and is also used on sunny dry embankments and is suitable for coast or inland regions.ID 1628

Note:
It dislikes wet conditions as this will cause the thickish root to rot.

Callirhoe(kal-ir-OH-ee) involucrate(in-vol-yoo-KRAY-tuh)

Malvaceae(mal-VAY-see-ee)
Cotton, Mallows and Hollyhocks