Sidalcea neomexicana
Sidalcea neomexicana | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Genus: | Sidalcea |
Species: | S. neomexicana
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Binomial name | |
Sidalcea neomexicana |
Sidalcea neomexicana is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names salt spring checkerbloom,[1] Rocky Mountain checker-mallow, and New Mexico checker.
Distribution[]
The plant is native to the Western United States and northern Mexico. It can be found in a diverse number of habitat types, including chaparral and coastal sage scrub, Yellow Pine Forest and riparian zones, Creosote bush scrub, and alkali flats and other salty substrates.[2]
Description[]
Sidalcea neomexicana is a perennial herb growing from a cluster of fleshy roots, the mostly hairless stem growing 20 to 90 centimeters tall.[3]
The fleshy leaves are sometimes divided shallowly to deeply into lobes.
The inflorescence is a loose cluster of flowers with pink petals up to 2 centimeters long.[3]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Sidalcea neomexicana". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ^ Calflora
- ^ Jump up to: a b Jepson
External links[]
- Calflora Database: Sidalcea neomexicana (Mountain Sidalcea, salt spring checkerbloom)
- Jepson Manual Treatment of Sidalcea neomexicana
- USDA Plants Profile for Sidalcea neomexicana (salt spring checkerbloom)
- Sidalcea neomexicana - UC Photos gallery
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- Sidalcea
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of Northeastern Mexico
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora of California
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of Nebraska
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of Texas
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges