Poppy Mallow (Callirhoe involucrata)

Family: Malvaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: Purple. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late spring. Form: Spreading or horizontal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Roots/Tubers

Harvest Seasons: Spring, Early Summer, Late Summer, Fall, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet and starchy with a pleasant taste somewhat like that of a sweet potato. — The root is long and tapering, it is sweet and starchy with a pleasant taste somewhat like that of a sweet potato.; A pleasant flavour with a mucilaginous texture, they are good for thickening soups.

Habitat & North American Range

Grows in dry soils on the plains. Sandy, eroding dry ground and roadsides in Texas. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)