Sidalcea malachroides

Sidalcea malachroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Sidalcea
Species: S. malachroides
Binomial name
Sidalcea malachroides
(Hook. & Arn.) A.Gray

Sidalcea malachroides, with the common name mapleleaf checkerbloom, is a flowering plant in the genus Sidalcea. [1] [2]

Distribution

The plant is native to the California Coast Ranges in the North Coast and Monterey Bay regions of California, [1] and the Oregon Coast Range in Oregon. It grows below 700 metres (2,300 ft) in elevation.

Within California it is a Vulnerable species listed on the California Native Plant Society Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants. [3]

Description

Sidalcea malachroides is a perennial herb or subshrub, 4–15 decimetres (16–59 in) tall. The leaves are generally all along stem. [4]

The flowers are head-like spikes, in white or pale purple-white. The bloom period is April to August. [4]

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