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Sidalcea candida (White Checker Mallow)
50 (100)cm, White Checker Mallow is a showy herbaceous perennial with upright stalks covered with pure white flowers and lanceolate leaves.

 


Sidalcea malviflora
( Listeri Prairie Mallow )
This is an erect perennial with kidney-shaped, shallow-lobed, basal, medium-green leaves. Grows to 36" tall and 18" wide.

Sidalcea candida (Checker Mallow)
Malvaceae (Mallow Family)
Dense patches of S. candida are the common growth pattern.
Sidalcea candida (Checker Mallow)
Malvaceae (Mallow Family) ...

Sidalcea

Species and varieties
Sidalcea candida (White Checkerbloom, White Prairie Mallow)
Sidalcea malviflora (Dwarf Checkerbloom) ...

The flowers of Sidalcea malviflora are sometimes called "Checkers" because they are about the size of a checker game piece, though the name is a stretch since those would be the red pieces, & checkerflowers are mostly shades of pink.

Sidalcea
Jun 30th
Posted by Rupert Foxton-Smythe in Hardy Perennials ...

Sidalcea malviflora
3-4 ft.
Sprawling growth of round leaves, loose heads of pink to white flowers throughout the Summer ...

Greek Mallow (Sidalcea) - A group of graceful herbs from North West America, with showy white, pink, or purple flowers in long erect spikes like a miniature Hollyhock.

Checker Mallow [English]: Sidalcea 'Party Girl'
Checker Mallow [English]: Sidalcea 'Candy Girl'
Checker Mallow [English]: Sidalcea malviflora 'Rosaly'
Checker Tree [English]: Sorbus torminalis
Checker-Lily [English]: Fritillaria affinis ...

Having grown hardy flowers for more than 25 years, I'm not sure how we missed prairie mallows (Sidalcea) until recently. Slender and upright, the prairie mallow is not extravagantly showy, but it's pretty enough in sunny beds.

Miniature Hollyhock (Sidalcea 'Party Girl')
Minnesota Snowflake Mock Orange (Philadelphus x virginalis 'Minnesota Snowflake')
Minor Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii 'Minor')
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'
Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' ...

Susceptibility: In addition to hollyhocks, the rust can also affect a number of other plants in the Malvaceae family, including Abutilon, Hibiscus, Lavatera, Malvastrum and Sidalcea.

Diversification and molecular evolution in Hibisceae pick up almost together (Baum et al. 2002, 2004), while Andreasen and Baldwin (2001) noted that the rate of molecular evolution of 18S-26S nuclear ribosomal DNA in annual Sidalcea was faster than ...

See also: Mallow, Pink, Rose, Holly, Green

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