PLANTS Profile for Sidalcea malviflora (dwarf checkerbloom)

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PLANTS Profile

Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth.
dwarf checkerbloom

Symbol:

SIMA2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Malvaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth.

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Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth.

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Distribution:
Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth.


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USA (CA, OR, WA)

Related Taxa:
Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth.

View 49 genera in Malvaceae, 29 species in Sidalcea or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth. ssp. californica (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) C.L. Hitchc.. .

Sidalcea malviflora ssp. californica
California checkerbloom

Distribution of Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth. ssp. dolosa C.L. Hitchc.. .

Sidalcea malviflora ssp. dolosa
dwarf checkerbloom

Distribution of Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth. ssp. laciniata C.L. Hitchc.. .

Sidalcea malviflora ssp. laciniata
dwarf checkerbloom

Distribution of Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth. ssp. malviflora. . Image Available.

Sidalcea malviflora ssp. malviflora
dwarf checkerbloom

Distribution of Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth. ssp. patula C.L. Hitchc.. .

Sidalcea malviflora ssp. patula
Siskiyou checkerbloom

Distribution of Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth. ssp. purpurea C.L. Hitchc.. .

Sidalcea malviflora ssp. purpurea
dwarf checkerbloom

Distribution of Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth. ssp. rostrata (Eastw.) Wiggins. .

Sidalcea malviflora ssp. rostrata
dwarf checkerbloom

Distribution of Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth. ssp. virgata (Howell) C.L. Hitchc.. .

Sidalcea malviflora ssp. virgata
dwarf checkerbloom

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Malvales
Family	Malvaceae – Mallow family
Genus	Sidalcea A. Gray – checkerbloom
Species	Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth. – dwarf checkerbloom

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth.

The related entity italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Washington:
Sidalcea malviflora ssp. virgata
rose checker-mallow		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth.

Sidalcea virgata [=SIMAV]:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) A. Gray ex Benth.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 21877.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

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