Sidalcea malachroides

Sidalcea malachroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Sidalcea
Species:	S. malachroides
Binomial name
Sidalcea malachroides (Hook. & Arn.) A.Gray1

Sidalcea malachroides, with the common name mapleleaf checkerbloom, is a flowering plant in the genus Sidalcea.¹²

The plant is native to the California Coast Ranges in the North Coast and Monterey Bay regions of California,² and the Oregon Coast Range in Oregon. It grows below 700 metres (2,300 ft) in elevation.

Within California it is a Vulnerable species listed on the California Native Plant Society Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants.³

Sidalcea malachroides is a perennial herb or subshrub, 4–15 decimetres (16–59 in) tall. The leaves are generally all along stem.⁴

The flowers are head-like spikes, in white or pale purple-white. The bloom period is April to August.⁴