Sidalcea candida A.Gray is a plant in the Malvaceae family, order Malvales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Sidalcea candida A.Gray

Sidalcea candida A.Gray

Sidalcea candida, white checkerbloom, is a North American wildflower with five-petaled white flowers, blooming June to September.

Family
Genus
Sidalcea
Order
Malvales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Sidalcea candida A.Gray

Sidalcea candida, commonly known as white checkerbloom, prairie mallow, or white checkermallow, is also called wild hollyhock. It is a wildflower that grows from Nevada to Wyoming, extending south to southern New Mexico. This species is most often found in mountain meadows and alongside streams. The plant can reach a height of three feet. Its flowers measure around one inch wide, and each flower has five petals. It blooms between June and September.

Photo: (c) Joey Santore, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joey Santore · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Malvales Malvaceae Sidalcea

More from Malvaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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