Sidalcea hartwegii

Sidalcea hartwegii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Sidalcea
Species: S. hartwegii
Binomial name
Sidalcea hartwegii
A.Gray ex Benth.

Sidalcea hartwegii is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names valley checkerbloom and Hartweg's checkerbloom.[1][2]

Distribution

The plant is endemic to California, where it grows in the Sacramento Valley and adjacent foothills of the California Coast Ranges to the west, and of the Sierra Nevada to the east.[1] It can be found in oak woodland and grassland habitats below 600 metres (2,000 ft), sometimes on serpentine soils.

Description

Sidalcea hartwegii is an annual herb that produces a slender stem up to 30 centimetres (12 in) tall, mostly hairless with occasional branching hairs. The leaf blades are deeply divided into five to seven narrow linear lobes.

The inflorescence is a clustered panicle of four to six flowers, each with five purplish pink petals about 2 centimeters long. The bloom period is May and June.

References

  1. 1 2 Calflora: Sidalcea hartwegii
  2. ↑ "Sidalcea hartwegii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 12 November 2015.


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