Sidalcea malvaeflora

Identification

Sidalcea malvaeflora Checkerbloom.
A close up of Sidalcea malviflora from the hills around San Luis Obispo. - grid24_3
a close up of Sidalcea malvaeflora. This checkerbloom was west of San Luis Obispo.
Side view of Sidalcea malvaeflora, Checkerbloom - grid24_3
Sidalcea malvaeflora, a side view of Checkerbloom
Another view of Checkerbloom flowers - grid24_3
Sidalcea malvaeflora, Checkerbloom makes a nice little perennial in a California garden.
The foliage of Sidalcea malviflora. - grid24_3
Sidalcea malvaeflora

Description

This checker bloom is a perennial with a small cluster of leaves at its base and a 2-3ft. spike of 1 inch deep pink flowers. The stems are rather lax as it grows in perennial grass thickets in seasonal springs. Showy in its delicate way. It needs garden conditions, part shade to full sun. This cute plant is native down the road from us. In the ground in the nursery it stays visible but in its grassy thicket you cannot find it as all it retains is a 4inch clump of leaves. I imagine this is how it protects itself from hungry deer. You can give it unlimited winter water but little summer water. In the wild it grows with Stipa cernua, Stipa pulchera, Muhlenbergia in our area, coastal sage scrub, up into the mixed evergreen forest. From granitic soils, to serpentine, edges of beach sand to heavy clay.. Although the Sidalcea in our county can be broken up into numerous subspecies, laciniata, and sparsiflora, amongst others, they all morph together to make separation difficult and often meaningless.
Syn. Sidalcea malviflora

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Characteristics

Sidalcea malvaeflora Checkerbloom tolerates sand, clay and serpentine.
Sidalcea malvaeflora Checkerbloom is great for a butterfly garden.
Sidalcea malvaeflora Checkerbloom's foliage color is green and type is stressdeciduous.
Sidalcea malvaeflora Checkerbloom's flower color is pink.

Communities

Communities for Sidalcea malvaeflora Checkerbloom:Coastal Sage Scrub, Mixed-evergreen Forest, Coastal Prairie, Shadscale Scrub and Central Oak Woodland.

Ranges for Sidalcea malvaeflora

ph: 6.00 to 7.00
usda: 7 to 10
height[m]: 0.10 to 0.50
width[m]: 0.10 to 0.50
rainfall[cm]: 37.00 to 125.00

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