Sidalcea malachroides

Sidalcea malachroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Malvales
Family:Malvaceae
Genus:Sidalcea
Species: S. malachroides
Binomial name
Sidalcea malachroides

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,[2] 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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sidalcea malachroides". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 Calflora: Sidalcea malachroides
  3. California Native Plant Society, Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-02): Sidalcea malachroides . accessed 3.8.2016.
  4. 1 2 Jepson: Sidalcea malachroides


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