Malvaceae FAMILY

Sidalcea neomexicana

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sidalcea neomexicana is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.80 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouth-western N. America - Wyoming, New Mexico, California, Idaho and Arizona.

HabitatWet meadows and streamsides in moist usually strongly alkaline soils, 1500 - 2850 metres[ 155 Title Flowers of the Southwest Mountains. Publication Author Arnberger. L. P. Publisher Southwestern Monuments Ass. Year 1968 ISBN - Description A lovely little pocket guide to wild plants in the southern Rockies of America. ].