maple-leaved checkerbloom

Sidalcea malachroides

Member of checkerblooms (genus Sidalcea)
mallow family (family Malvaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

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• inflorescence in dense spike
• leaves generally all along stem, alike in size, shape
• leaf blade generally shallowly 5–7-lobed
• Nisene Marks

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Chris’s observations: none

Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora