Perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated - checkerbloom, Sidalcea malviflora
A rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea - Iliamna remota, Sphaeralcea remota
Derived forms: wild hollyhocks
Type of: mallow
Part of: genus Iliamna, genus Sidalcea, Iliamna, Sidalcea