| Scientific Name: | Sidalcea malviflora |
| Common Name: | checkerbloom, prairie mallow |
| Family Name: | Malvaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Cut flower or foliage, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Palmate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Reniform, Crenate, Incised |
| Flowers: | Spike, Pink, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Basal leaves cordate with a very irregular, lobed, or incised margin; flowering stem leaves linear; spikes of bright pink flowers. | |