familyMalvaceae
subfamilyMalvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
genusSidalcea
speciesSidalcea calycosa
subspeciesSidalcea calycosa subsp. rhizomata
Sidalcea calycosa subsp. rhizomata
Madroño 56: 106. 2009.
Common names: Point Reyes checkerbloom
Conservation concernEndemic
Basionym: Sidalcea rhizomata Jepson Man. Fl. Pl. Calif., 629. 1925
Phenology: Flowering May–Jul(–Sep).
Habitat: Freshwater and salt marshes near coast
Elevation: 0–30 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Subspecies rhizomata is known from only a few marshes near the coast in Marin, Mendocino, and Sonoma counties; it is easily distinguished by its relatively large, connate, ciliate bracts and prostrate fleshy rhizomes with scattered leaves and relatively large stipules.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
No values specified."elongated" is not a number.
... more about "Sidalcea calycosa subsp. rhizomata"
monadelphous +
absent +
unstalked +
clawlike +
pistillate +
shortest +
veined +
undivided +
absent +
absent +
overlapping +
purple tinted +
scarious +
2;3;5 +
Point Reyes checkerbloom +
elongating +
Calif. +
sparse;copious +
connate +
pistillate +
syncarpous +
stellate +
spicate +
dense +
tough-fibrous +
deciduous +
absent +
spiral +
cauline +
shiny +
crenate +
purple tinted +
glabrous +
roughened +
wedge--shaped +
appressed +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
connate +
3-40-carpellate +
superior +
(1-)2-many +
white;pink;pale-purple +
palmate +
Madroño +
2009 +
shallow +
continuous +
clustered +
fleshy +
2;30 +
reniform +
folliclelike +
persistent +
connate +
5;many +
connate +
falling +
toothed +
absent +
rooting +
stolonlike +
ascending reclining;decumbent +
absent +
truncate +
1-2 times number of carpels +
rhizomelike +
0;35 +
hirsute +
Sidalcea calycosa subsp. rhizomata +
Sidalcea calycosa +
subspecies +
funnel-like +
mucilaginous +
not glaucous +
gynodioecious +