Sidalcea ranunculacea

The plant is endemic to California, known only within Tulare County and Kern County. It grows in the Southern Sierra Nevada and Greenhorn Mountains at {{convert|1820|-|3050|m|ft}} in elevation.{{Cite web |url=http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/county_taxon.cgi?where-calrecnum=7582 |title=Calflora distribution map: Sidalcea ranunculacea |access-date=2016-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309132249/http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/county_taxon.cgi?where-calrecnum=7582 |archive-date=2016-03-09 |url-status=dead }} Many populations are within the Sequoia National Forest, Sequoia National Park, or Kings Canyon National Park.

It grows in moist areas, such as wet meadows and on stream banks, in yellow pine forest, red fir forest, lodgepole forest habitats.

Sidalcea ranunculacea is a rhizomatous perennial herb reaching up to {{convert|0.5|m|ft}} tall. It is coated in hairs, the lower ones becoming bristly. The fleshy lobed leaf blades also have hairs and bristles.

The inflorescence is a dense, spikelike cluster or series of clusters of flowers. Each flower has five pink to purple petals up to 1.5 centimeters long. The blooming period is June to August.

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• [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=7582 Calflora Database: Sidalcea ranunculacea (Marsh checker mallow, Marsh checkerbloom)]
• [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=44436 Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Sidalcea ranunculacea]
• [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SIRA USDA Plants Profile for Sidalcea ranunculacea]
• [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Sidalcea+ranunculacea UC CalPhotos gallery: Sidalcea ranunculacea]

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ranunculacea

Category:Endemic flora of California

Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)

Category:Greenhorn Mountains

Category:Natural history of Kern County, California

Category:Natural history of Tulare County, California

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Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status

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