Sidalcea oregana var. calva
Oregon (Wenatchee) Checker-mallow

Family: Malvaceae (Mallow family)

Photo taken at Swauk Pass, wet open meadow near spring (1 to 5 meters away)

Flowers:

racemes spike-like; petals deep pink to pinkish lavender, 5 to 20 mm, slightly notched; calyx 3.5 to 9 mm long, sparsely stellate; calyx lobes strongly fringed with simple to stellate 0.5 to 1 mm hairs; carpels reticulate-rugose

Leaves:

blades deeply palmately lobed, thick and fleshy; glabrous or subglabrous

Plant:

perennial; stems glabrous at base or sparsely hairy with simple to stellate appressed hairs; 20 to 150 cm tall

Habitat:

Distribution of species:

this variety of S. oregana is endemic to the Wenatchee Mountains, Chelan and Kittitas Counties

Distribution of genus:

more or less 25 species: Western North America