Sidalcea hickmanii

Chaparral checkerbloom

Family: Malvaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Chaparral checkerbloom is a California native perennial herb found in chaparral habitats, growing from a woody caudex with stems one to eight decimeters tall. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces pale pink to pink-lavender flowers five to eighteen millimeters long in delicate clusters. Growing with coarsely stellate-canescent stems, it develops broadly shaped leaves one to six centimeters wide that are typically wider than they are long, with coarse crenate edges or shallow to deep lobing. Its leaves are generally similar in size and distributed along the entire stem, with a distinctive stellate-hairy texture. The fruit develops in segments of six to ten parts, with smooth sides and subtle net-veined edges.

California counties: Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Riverside

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.