sidalcean.
/sɪˈdalsɪə/ An annual or perennial herb of the genus so called, belonging to the family Malvaceæ, native to western North America, and bearing racemes of white, pink, or purple flowers.
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French mallowa1500
garden mallow1526
hollyhock1548
rose mallow1633
mallow1707
poppy mallow1861
sidalcea1882
1882 Gardeners' Chron. 18 439 The remark applies with full force to the Sidalcea.
1922 A. J. Macself Hardy Perennials ii. 190 The Sidalceas grow erect with spikes of bloom resembling small Hollyhocks.
1962 R. Page Educ. Gardener vii. 213 One of the sidalceas..has spikes of soft rose-pink flowers and rather dull green foliage.
1976 Country Life 11 Mar. 619/1 Gardeners are..dividing treasured perennials..sidalceas, ligularias and chelone among them.
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