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Sidalcea malachroides, with the common name mapleleaf checkerbloom, is a flowering plant in the genus Sidalcea. The plant is native to the California Coast Ranges in the North Coast and Monterey Bay regions of California, and the Oregon Coast Range in Oregon. It grows below 700 metres (2,300 ft) in elevation. Within California it is a Vulnerable species listed on the California Native Plant Society Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants. Sidalcea malachroides is a perennial herb or subshrub, 4-15 decimetres (16-59 in) tall. The leaves are generally all along stem. The flowers are head-like spikes, in white or pale purple-white. The bloom period is April to August.
Perennial herb
1 - 5 ft Tall
White, Purple
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Moderate
Coastal Prairie, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 4 likely
Common Checkered-Skipper
Pyrgus communis
Two-banded Checkered-Skipper
Pyrgus ruralis
Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
West Coast Lady
Vanessa annabella