Latin name: Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) Benth. ssp.
  dolosa C. Hitchc.
  Pronunciation: si-DAL-see-a mal-vi-FLOR-a do-
  LO-sa

  Common name: Dwarf checkerbloom
  Family: Malvaceae (Mallow)
  Habitat: Open pine forest, 4500'-7000', San
  Bernardino Mts

  Blooming period: March to June
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Sidalcea
  2) malviflora
 3) dolosa
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