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Sidalcea malviflora |
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Sidalcea, Checkermallow,
Checkerbloom |
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 5-7 |
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Western United States |
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Erect perennial plant habit resembles the
hollyhock. |
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2-4 feet tall |
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The pink-rose or
watermelon pink flowers are borne in a terminal
raceme. Individual flowers are 2-3 inches wide and have shallow bowl shapes. |
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The alternate
leaves are of two types. The basal leaves are
glossy green and round or they may be shallowly
7-9 lobed. The stem leaves are deeply lobed with
narrow segments. |
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- 'Elsie Heugh' - Light pink flowers, fringed
petals, 2-2˝ feet tall.
- 'Loveliness' - Shell-pink flowers, 30 inches tall.
- 'Mrs. Alderson' - Large rose-pink flowers, 3-4 feet
tall.
- 'Oberon' - Soft rose-pink flowers on 30 inches tall
stems.
- 'Puck' - Dwarf cultivar, 2 feet tall with clear
pink flowers.
- 'Rose Queen' - Rose-pink flowers. 4 feet tall.
- 'Stark's Hybrid' - Rose-red flowers, 4 feet
tall.
- 'Sussex Beauty' - Satiny pink flowers, 3-4 feet tall.
- 'William Smith' - Salmon-pink flowers, profuse
bloomer, 3 feet tall.
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