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Checkerblooms
Sidalcea
Sidalcea is a genus (approx. 25 species) of the botanical family Malvaceae. It contains several species of flowering plants 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.
31 branches of this genus, most-observed first

checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea malviflora

Oregon Checker-mallow
speciesSidalcea oregana

Southern Checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea sparsifolia

Waxy Checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea glaucescens
Meadow Checker-mallow
speciesSidalcea campestris

fringed checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea diploscypha

Rose Checkermallow
speciesSidalcea virgata

salt spring checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea neomexicana

prairie mallow
speciesSidalcea candida

Henderson's Checker-mallow
speciesSidalcea hendersonii

Annual Checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea calycosa

Hairy-stemmed Checker-mallow
speciesSidalcea hirtipes

Cusick's checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea cusickii

Hartweg's Checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea hartwegii

butte county checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea robusta

Harsh Checkermallow
speciesSidalcea asprella

Chaparral Checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea hickmanii

Nelson's checkermallow
speciesSidalcea nelsoniana

Big Bear checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea pedata

maple-leaved checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea malachroides

Keck's Checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea keckii

Hairy Checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea hirsuta

owens valley checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea covillei

cut-leaf checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea multifida

marsh checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea ranunculacea

giant checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea gigantea

Sierra Checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea reptans
Redding checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea celata
Del Norte checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea elegans

scadden flat checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea stipularis
bristly checkerbloom
speciesSidalcea setosa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48798.