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Malvaceae

White checkerbloom

Sidalcea candida A.Gray

Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Sidalcea

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White checkerbloom: I really like that touch of violet on the anthers, or is it puce, or maroon?
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)
Arabic
خورنق أبيض
English
White checkerbloom
nv
Łį́į́dą́ą́ʼ
Swedish
Vit axmalva
Welsh
Coeg-hocysen y paith

Synonyms

  • Sidalcea candida var. glabrata C.L.Hitchc.
  • Sidalcea candida var. tincta Cockerell

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.