Botany Photo of the Day Sidalcea hendersonii

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In the Botany Photo of the Day entry on Sidalcea malviflora, Taisha noted that two of the difficulties in checkermallow taxonomy are gynodioecy and morphological variation. Today’s photographs of Henderson’s checkermallow illustrate both of these challenges. Sidalcea hendersonii is native to British Columbia (where it is blue-listed), Washington, and Oregon (extremely rare). Once common in […]

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