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Keck's checkerbloom

Sidalcea keckii

Also called Keck's Checker Mallow

Keck's checkerbloom
Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain
Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
California (S. Tulare Co., Fresno Co, Napa Co.)
Climate
subtropical

About

Sidalcea keckii is a rare species of flowering plant in the mallow family, known by the common names Keck's checkerbloom and Keck's checkermallow.

Where it grows

The plant is endemic to California, where it is known from the Inner Northern California Coast Ranges and Southern Sierra Nevada foothills.

Other Sidalcea plants

Annual checkerbloom · Meadow checkerbloom · White checkerbloom · Owens Valley sidalcea · Cusick's checkerbloom · Fringed checkerbloom · Waxy checkerbloom · Valley checkerbloom · Henderson's checkerbloom · Chaparral checkerbloom · Hairy checkerbloom · Mapleleaf checkerbloom

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sidalcea keckii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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