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Sidalcea neomexicana

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(Redirected from Salt spring checkerbloom) Species of flowering plant

Sidalcea neomexicana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Sidalcea
Species: S. neomexicana
Binomial name
Sidalcea neomexicana
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Sidalcea neomexicana is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names salt spring checkerbloom, Rocky Mountain checker-mallow, and New Mexico checker.

Description

Sidalcea neomexicana is a perennial herb growing from a cluster of fleshy roots, the mostly hairless stem growing 20 to 90 centimeters tall.

The fleshy leaves are sometimes divided shallowly to deeply into lobes.

The inflorescence is a loose cluster of flowers with pink petals up to 2 centimeters long.

Sidalcea neomexicana seeds

Distribution and habitat

The plant is native to the Western United States and northern Mexico. It can be found in a diverse number of habitat types, including chaparral and coastal sage scrub, Yellow Pine Forest and riparian zones, Creosote bush scrub, and alkali flats and other salty substrates.

References

  1. ^ NRCS. "Sidalcea neomexicana". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  2. ^ "UC/JEPS: Jepson Manual treatment for SIDALCEA neomexicana". ucjeps.berkeley.edu.
  3. "Sidalcea neomexicana Calflora". www.calflora.org.

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Taxon identifiers
Sidalcea neomexicana
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