Sidalcea ranunculacea

Sidalcea ranunculacea is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common name marsh checkerbloom and marsh checker mallow.[1][2]

Sidalcea ranunculacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Sidalcea
Species:
S. ranunculacea
Binomial name
Sidalcea ranunculacea

Description

The plant is endemic to California, known only within Tulare County and Kern County. It grows in the Southern Sierra Nevada and Greenhorn Mountains at 1,820–3,050 metres (5,970–10,010 ft) in elevation.[3] Many populations are within the Sequoia National Forest, Sequoia National Park, or Kings Canyon National Park.

It grows in moist areas, such as wet meadows and on stream banks, in yellow pine forest, red fir forest, lodgepole forest habitats.

Description

Sidalcea ranunculacea is a rhizomatous perennial herb reaching up to 0.5 metres (1.6 ft) 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. The blooming period is June to August.

See also
  • Flora of the Sierra Nevada

References
  1. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sidalcea ranunclacea". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  2. Calflora: Sidalcea ranunculacea
  3. "Calflora distribution map: Sidalcea ranunculacea". Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2016-03-09.


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