Sidalcea neomexicanaA.Gray

salt spring checkerbloom

WFO wfo-0001077130 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sidalcea neomexicana, photographed by Alejandro Sigala Chávez
fig. a Alejandro Sigala Chávez, CC0 1.0 / 2018-06-14 / obs. 155514276
Sidalcea neomexicana, photographed by Cecelia Alexander
fig. b Cecelia Alexander, CC0 1.0 / obs. 12597049
Sidalcea neomexicana, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. c CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 166608996
Sidalcea neomexicana, photographed by Dillon Alexander
fig. d Dillon Alexander, CC0 1.0 / obs. 143195214
Sidalcea neomexicana, photographed by Rachel Stringham
fig. e Rachel Stringham, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 85876808
Sidalcea neomexicana, photographed by Arturo Castro Castro
fig. f Arturo Castro Castro, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181078861
Sidalcea neomexicana, photographed by Laura Gaudette
fig. g Laura Gaudette, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 147636968
Sidalcea neomexicana, photographed by rdclark86
fig. h rdclark86, CC0 1.0 / obs. 151199373

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Sidalcea neomexicana is native: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming ArizonaCaliforniaColoradoIdahoMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestNevadaNew MexicoOregonUtahWyoming
Native distribution of Sidalcea neomexicana, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Arizona ARI NORTHERN AMERICA
California CAL
Colorado COL
Idaho IDA
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Nevada NEV
New Mexico NWM
Oregon ORE
Utah UTA
Wyoming WYO

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 12 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Sidalcea confinis Greene
  • Sidalcea crenulata A.Nelson
  • Sidalcea neomexicana subsp. crenulata (A.Nelson) C.L.Hitchc.
  • Sidalcea neomexicana subsp. diehlii (M.E.Jones) C.L.Hitchc.
  • Sidalcea neomexicana subsp. parviflora (Greene) A.E.Murray
  • Sidalcea neomexicana subsp. thurberi (B.L.Rob.) C.L.Hitchc.
  • Sidalcea neomexicana var. crenulata (A.Nelson) C.L.Hitchc.
  • Sidalcea neomexicana var. diehlii M.E.Jones
  • Sidalcea neomexicana var. neomexicana
  • Sidalcea neomexicana var. parviflora (Greene) Roush
  • Sidalcea parviflora Greene
  • Sidalcea parviflora var. thurberi B.L.Rob.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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