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|familia=Malvaceae
|genus=Sidalcea
|common_name=False mallow
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial, annual
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|image=Checkerbloom, Bay Area.jpg
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|image_caption=''Sidalcea malviflora''
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'''''Sidalcea''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of the [[botany|botanical]] [[family (biology)|family]] [[Malvaceae]]. It contains several species of flower known generally as '''checkerblooms''' or '''checkermallows'''.

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Sidalcea (compound of Sida and Alcea, related genera). Malvaceae. Some of the sidalceas are annuals, but those in cultivation are hardy perennials, being recommended for the herbaceous border.

Leaves palmately cleft or parted, stipular: fls. often showy, pink, purple, or white, in terminal racemes or spikes, mostly without bracts or involucels beneath; stamens united into groups in a double series: carpels 5-9, reniform, separating at maturity.—About 30 species, natives of W. N. Amer. For monograph, see Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer., vol. 1, p. 302. Of easy cult. Prop. by seeds or division.

The following are offered in the trade, but unknown botanically: S. mariana, Hort., growing 3 ft. high: fls. bright pink.—S. mexicana, Hort., a strong grower, 3 ft. high, with satiny rose fls. borne on wiry sts.
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==Cultivation==


===Propagation===


===Pests and diseases===


==Species==
Selected species:
*''[[Sidalcea calycosa]]'' - annual checkerbloom
*''[[Sidalcea campestris]]'' - meadow checkerbloom
*''[[Sidalcea candida]]'' - white checkerbloom
*''[[Sidalcea diploscypha]]'' - fringed checkerbloom
*''[[Sidalcea glaucescens]]'' - waxy checkerbloom
*''[[Sidalcea hartwegii]]'' - valley checkerbloom
*''[[Sidalcea hendersonii]]'' - Henderson's checkermallow
*''[[Sidalcea hickmanii]]'' - chaparral checkerbloom
*''[[Sidalcea hirsuta]]'' - hairy checkerbloom
*''[[Sidalcea malachroides]]'' - mapleleaf checkerbloom
*''[[Sidalcea malviflora]]'' - dwarf checkerbloom
*''[[Sidalcea nelsoniana]]'' - nelson's checkermallow (threatened)
*''[[Sidalcea neomexicana]]'' - salt spring checkerbloom
*''[[Sidalcea oregana]]'' - Oregon checkerbloom (miniature hollyhock)
**''[[Sidalcea oregana var. calva]]'' - Wenatchee Mountains checkermallow
*''[[Sidalcea pedata]]'' - birdfooted checkerbloom, Big Bear checkerbloom
*''[[Sidalcea ranunculacea]]'' - marsh checkerbloom
*''[[Sidalcea reptans]]'' - Sierra checkerbloom
*''[[Sidalcea robusta]]'' - Butte County checkerbloom
*''[[Sidalcea stipularis]]'' - Scadden Flat checkerbloom

*[[Sidalcea Hybrid Cultivars]]

==Gallery==
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Sidalcea malachroides 4.jpg| ''Sidalcea malachroides''
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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