Sidalcea ranunculacea
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| Sidalcea ranunculacea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Sidalcea |
| Species: | S. ranunculacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Sidalcea ranunculacea Greene | |
Sidalcea ranunculacea is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common name marsh checkerbloom. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the southernmost Sierra Nevada foothills, especially the Greenhorn Mountains. It grows in moist areas, such as wet meadows and streambanks. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb reaching up to half a meter tall. It is coated in hairs, the lower ones becoming bristly. The fleshy lobed leaf blades also have hairs and bristles. The inflorescence is a dense, spikelike cluster or series of clusters of flowers. Each flower has five pink to purple petals up to 1.5 centimeters long.
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