Sidalcea oregana

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Sidalcea oregana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Sidalcea
Species:
S. oregana
Binomial name
Sidalcea oregana
(Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray [1]

Sidalcea oregana is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common name Oregon checkerbloom. [1]

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Distribution

It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Utah, where it grows in a number of moist habitat types, such as marshes and meadows. The plant is somewhat variable in appearance, and the species is divided into a few subspecies; some authors also recognize varieties within subspecies. In general, this is a perennial herb growing to maximum heights well over one meter from a woody taproot.

Description

Sidalcea oregana is usually hairy in texture, the hairs thick and bristly toward the base of the stem. Most of the leaves are located low on the stem, basal or on long petioles. [2] Their blades are usually deeply divided into lobes (see image at left); upper leaves may be divided further into leaflets.

The inflorescence is a dense or open spikelike raceme of many flowers. Each flower has five pink petals up to 2 centimeters long, usually notched at the end, and a central tube of reproductive parts (see flower closeup image). [3]

Deeply 7-lobed leaf, on long petiole. Sidalcea oregana ssp-spicata leaf.jpg
Deeply 7-lobed leaf, on long petiole.
Dense flowerspike of ssp. spicata. Sidalcea oregana ssp-spicata flowers.jpg
Dense flowerspike of ssp. spicata.

Subspecies

Subspecies include:

Ecology

It is a larval host to the West Coast lady. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sidalcea oregana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 Norman F. Weeden (1996). A Sierra Nevada Flora (4th ed.). Berkeley CA: Wilderness Press. ISBN   0-89997-204-7.
  3. 1 2 Baldwin BG, Goldman DH, Keil DJ, Patterson R, Rosatti TJ, Wilken DH (2012). The Jepson Manual: vascular plants of California (2nd ed.). Berkeley CA: University of California Press.
  4. Calflora: Sidalcea oregana ssp. eximia
  5. "CNPS: ssp. eximia". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
  6. California Native Plant Society, Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-02): Sidalcea oregana ssp. eximia . accessed 3.8.2016.
  7. Karen Wiese (2013). Sierra Nevada Wildflowers (2nd ed.). Falcon Guides. ISBN   978-0-7627-8034-1.
  8. Calflora: Sidalcea oregana ssp. spicata
  9. Calflora: Sidalcea oregana ssp. valida
  10. "CNPS: ssp. valida". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
  11. California Native Plant Society, Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-02): Sidalcea oregana ssp. valida . accessed 3.8.2016.
  12. The Xerces Society (2016), Gardening for Butterflies: How You Can Attract and Protect Beautiful, Beneficial Insects, Timber Press.