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Sidalcea nelsoniana
Also called Nelson's Checker Mallow, Nelson's Checkermallow
Sidalcea nelsoniana is a rare species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names Nelson's checkerbloom and Nelson's checkermallow. It is native to the Willamette Valley and Coast Range of Oregon and the southwestern corner of Washington in the United States. It is threatened by the destruction and degradation of its habitat, and it was a federally listed threatened species of the United States.
This plant can be found in a number of wetland habitat types and is not limited to a specific kind.
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 · Keck's checkerbloom
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sidalcea nelsoniana 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.
