Sidalcea
| Sidalcea | |
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| Sidalcea malachroides | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Sidalcea |
| Species | |
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Sidalcea is a genus of the botanical family Malvaceae. It contains several species of flower known generally as checkerblooms or checkermallows, or prairie mallows in the United Kingdom. They can be annuals or perennials, some rhizomatous. They are native to West and Central North America.
In mid- to late summer the clumps of toothed basal leaves produce erect flowering stems, with 5-petalled mallow-type flowers in terminal racemes, in shades of pink, white and purple.[1]
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
Garden cultivars are hybrids between S. candida and S. malviflora. The cultivars 'Elsie Heugh'[2] and 'William Smith'[3] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
References
- ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector Sidalcea 'Elsie Heugh' AGM / RHS Gardening". Apps.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector Sidalcea 'William Smith' AGM / RHS Gardening". Apps.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
- US Fish and Wildlife page on Sidalcea nelsoniana.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sidalcea. |
- List of Sidalcea species in California at Calflora
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Sidalcea hirtipes, Clatsop County, Oregon
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Sidalcea malviflora, Bay Area, California