Sidalcea neomexicana

Sidalcea neomexicana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Sidalcea
Species:	S. neomexicana
Binomial name
	Sidalcea neomexicana; A.Gray

Sidalcea neomexicana is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names salt spring checkerbloom,^[1] Rocky Mountain checker-mallow, and New Mexico checker.

Distribution

The plant is native to the Western United States and northern Mexico. It can be found in a diverse number of habitat types, including chaparral and coastal sage scrub, Yellow Pine Forest and riparian zones, Creosote bush scrub, and alkali flats and other salty substrates.^[2]

Description

Sidalcea neomexicana is a perennial herb growing from a cluster of fleshy roots, the mostly hairless stem growing 20 to 90 centimeters tall.^[3]

The fleshy leaves are sometimes divided shallowly to deeply into lobes.

The inflorescence is a loose cluster of flowers with pink petals up to 2 centimeters long.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sidalcea neomexicana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
^ Calflora
^ ^a ^b Jepson

External links

[PLANTS-1] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sidalcea neomexicana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 12 November 2015.

[2] Calflora

[jepson-3] Jepson

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