Sidalcea

Sidalcea
Sidalcea malachroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Sidalcea
Species
See text.

Sidalcea is a genus of the botanical family Malvaceae. It contains several species of flower known generally as checkerblooms or checkermallows.

Selected species:

• Sidalcea calycosa - annual checkerbloom
• Sidalcea campestris - meadow checkerbloom
• Sidalcea candida - white checkerbloom
• Sidalcea covillei - Owens Valley sidalcea
• Sidalcea diploscypha - fringed checkerbloom
• Sidalcea glaucescens - waxy checkerbloom
• Sidalcea hartwegii - valley checkerbloom
• Sidalcea hendersonii - Henderson's checkermallow
• Sidalcea hickmanii - chaparral checkerbloom
• Sidalcea hirsuta - hairy checkerbloom
• Sidalcea keckii - Keck's checkerbloom
• Sidalcea malachroides - mapleleaf checkerbloom
• Sidalcea malviflora - dwarf checkerbloom
• Sidalcea nelsoniana - nelson's checkermallow (threatened)
• Sidalcea neomexicana - salt spring checkerbloom
• Sidalcea oregana - Oregon checkerbloom (miniature hollyhock)
  • Sidalcea oregana var. calva - Wenatchee Mountains checkermallow
• Sidalcea pedata - birdfooted checkerbloom, Big Bear checkerbloom
• Sidalcea ranunculacea - marsh checkerbloom
• Sidalcea reptans - Sierra checkerbloom
• Sidalcea robusta - Butte County checkerbloom
• Sidalcea stipularis - Scadden Flat checkerbloom

References

• Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11892. 
• [1] US Fish and Wildlife page on Sidalcea nelsoniana.

External links

• List of Sidalcea species in California at Calflora

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  Sidalcea hirtipes, Saddle Mountain State Natural Area

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  Sidalcea malviflora, Bay Area, California