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Oregon checkermallow
Sidalcea oregana
40.4358, -111.638
Field Notes
Description:
Plant was about 3-4 feet tall, flower groups were about 6 inches tall.
"Oregon checkermallow is an erect perennial 3 to 4 feet tall
with spike-like racemes of rose-pink flowers each an inch wide.
They grow in mountain meadows and on moist mountain sides,
blooming from June to September."
-http://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/publication/HG_506.pdf
Habitat:
Mountain meadows
Notes:
Looked a bit like hollyhock
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedAugust 12, 2011
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