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Butte County checkerbloom

Sidalcea robusta

Butte County checkerbloom
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0
Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
California
Climate
temperate

About

Sidalcea robusta is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common name Butte County checkerbloom.

Where it grows

Sidalcea robusta is endemic to Butte County, California, where it is known from about 20 occurrences, including some near Chico. It is a resident of chaparral and woodland habitat in mountain 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 · Keck's checkerbloom

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sidalcea robusta 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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