Sidalcea ranunculacea

Sidalcea ranunculacea
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.

The plant is endemic to California, where it is known only from the southernmost Sierra Nevada foothills, and especially in the Greenhorn Mountains in Kern County. It grows in moist areas, such as wet meadows and streambanks.

Description

Sidalcea ranunculacea 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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