Malvaceae
Dwarf checkerbloom
Sidalcea malviflora
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Sidalcea
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- خورنق خبازي
- Chinese
- 双锦葵, 西达葵, 锦葵状棯葵
- English
- Dwarf checkerbloom, Greek mallow
- Malayalam
- സിഡൽസീ മാൽവിഫ്ലോറ
- Russian
- Сидальцея мальвоцветковая
- Swedish
- Röd axmalva
- Welsh
- Coeg-hocysen Groeg
Synonyms
- Nuttallia malviflora (DC.) Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Trautv.
- Sida delphiniifolia Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray
- Sida malviflora DC.
- Sidalcea malviflora subsp. malviflora
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.