About Sidalcea glaucescens Greene.
Sidalcea glaucescens Greene is a perennial herb that grows from a thick taproot and caudex unit. It produces a slender, waxy stem that can reach up to 70 centimeters (28 inches) long. Its leaves are deeply divided into roughly five lobes; these lobes may be forked or edged with smaller lobes. The inflorescence is a loose panicle holding several flowers, each with pink or purplish petals that measure 1 to 2 centimeters long. This species blooms from June to August. It is native to California, where it grows in the southernmost mountains of the Cascade Range and the Sierra Nevada. Its distribution extends just across the state border into Nevada. It occurs in mountain meadow habitats within yellow pine forest, red fir forest, lodgepole pine forest, and subalpine forest.
