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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 florets. |