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Rose Checkermallow | Sidalcea virgata 

May contain: flower, petal, plant, geranium, purple, daisy, anther, anemone, animal, apidae, bee, insect, and invertebrate
May contain: flower, plant, grass, vegetation, geranium, and purple
May contain: purple, flower, geranium, plant, field, grassland, nature, outdoors, petal, countryside, meadow, rural, vegetation, grass, anemone, and orchid
May contain: flower, geranium, plant, daisy, and petal
May contain: purple, flower, geranium, plant, petal, anemone, and daisy
May contain: flower, petal, plant, geranium, purple, daisy, anther, anemone, animal, apidae, bee, insect, and invertebrate
May contain: flower, plant, grass, vegetation, geranium, and purple
May contain: purple, flower, geranium, plant, field, grassland, nature, outdoors, petal, countryside, meadow, rural, vegetation, grass, anemone, and orchid
May contain: flower, geranium, plant, daisy, and petal
May contain: purple, flower, geranium, plant, petal, anemone, and daisy

Herbaceous perennial with pink to magenta five-petaled flowers on tall open wands (late spring-mid-summer). Attracts butterflies. A primary nectar source for federally endangered Fender’s blue butterfly.

Plant Details

HabitatsUpland Prairie and Savanna, Wet Prairie
Habitat NotesPrairie and meadow habitats
Mature Height8 - 40"
Shade Preferencefull sun
Soil ToleranceModerately wet to very dry and upland habitats; moist meadows, fields and lower mountains, roadsides.
Special UsesAttracts bees and butterflies.