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Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Sidalcea malviflora subsp. patula |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Malvaceae |
| Family common name(s) | mallow; mallows; cotton |
| Genus common name(s) | sidalcea; checker-mallow; checker mallow; checkermallow; checker-mallo; checker mallo; chequer-mallow; checker-bloom; checker bloom; checkerbloom; Greek mallow; miniature hollyhock |
| Species common name(s) | mallow sidalcea; dwarf checker-mallow; dwarf checker mallow; dwarf checkermallow; dwarf checker-bloom; dwarf checker bloom; dwarf checkerbloom; common checker-bloom; common checker bloom; common checkerbloom; hill checker |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | coast checker, coast checker-bloom, coast checker bloom, coast checkerbloom are applied to multiple Sidalcea taxa; prairie-mallow, prairie mallow, prairiemallow applied to multiple Malvaceae taxa; globe-mallow, globe mallow, globemallow, globe-mallo, globe mallo, globemallo are more commonly applied to Sphaeralcea; wild hollyhock, wild-hollyhock, wildhollyhock are applied to multiple Malvaceae taxa |
| Notes | Siskiyou is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
