Sidalcea oregana subsp. spicata
Family: Malvaceae · Type: perennial · Native
Spicate meadow checker-mallow is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, northern Sierra Nevada, northern and central Sierra Nevada, and Great Basin in meadows and streamsides at elevations of 975 to 3,000 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces pink to rose-pink or magenta flowers 10 to 15 millimeters long in dense panicle-like inflorescences. Growing with several stems 30 to 80 centimeters tall, the plant has a base covered in soft stellate hairs up to 2 millimeters long. Its leaves vary along the stem, with the base having soft stellate-hairy stems occasionally featuring long bristles. The fruit segments are 2.5 to 3 millimeters long with smooth sides and a very short beak.
Habitat: Meadows, streamsides
Bloom period: Jun-Aug
Elevation: 975-3000 m
Bioregions: KR, n NCoRH, CaRH, n&c SNH, GB
California counties: Mono, Butte, Siskiyou, Placer, Plumas, Humboldt, Sierra, Lassen, Trinity, Nevada, Alpine, Shasta, Tulare, El Dorado, Modoc, Fresno, Riverside, Inyo, Tuolumne, Tehama, Kern, San Francisco, Mendocino, Mariposa
Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.