Sidalcea oregana
Malvaceae
Oregon Checker Mallow
Upright from a woody taproot. Stem with coarse, bristly, or star-shaped hairs on lower section, smooth upper section. Leaves on lowest section of stem lobed. Inflorescence stems and branches leafy, leaves usually deeply lobed and sharply toothed. Flowers in loose spike-like raceme with pink to deep rose, oval, 1/2–3/4 in. long petals. This species may have bisexual plants and female plants with smaller-petaled flowers lacking anthers. Grows in meadows, stream margins, wet places, also in ponderosa pine forests and sagebrush, at low to high elevations.
- Rarity: Locally Common
- Flowering Time: Late Spring, Early Summer
- Flower Form: 5 Petals-Many Stamens in central column
- Life Cycle: Perennial
- Height: 2–4 feet
- Habitat: East-side Forest, Meadow, Shrub-Steppe
- Found In: Coast Range, Steens, Wallowas, West Gorge
- Native: Yes
- Also Known As: Marsh Hollyhock
