NOUN | plant | wild hollyhock, checkerbloom, Sidalcea malviflora | perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated |
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plant | wild hollyhock, Iliamna remota, Sphaeralcea remota | a rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers |
Meaning | perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated. | |
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Synonyms | checkerbloom, Sidalcea malviflora | |
Member of | Sidalcea, genus Sidalcea | genus of showy plants of western North America having palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowers |
Broader | mallow | Any of various plants of the family Malvaceae |
Meaning | A rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea. | |
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Synonyms | Iliamna remota, Sphaeralcea remota | |
Member of | Iliamna, genus Iliamna | small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs |
Broader | mallow | Any of various plants of the family Malvaceae |
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