Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Southern Checkerbloom being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Sidalcea covillei
- Sidalcea robusta
- Sidalcea glaucescens
- Sidalcea calycosa
- Sidalcea neomexicana
- Sidalcea diploscypha
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malvales
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Sidalcea
- Species
- Sidalcea sparsifolia
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