We love this late spring blooming native wildflower that we often find on the edges of meadows. In the hollyhock family, this perennial grows only about a foot to two feet tall at most. It sends up pink flowering spikes that attract butterflies and delight the eye. It will spread slowly underground by rhizomes, creating a nice small patch in a garden setting. It prefers full sun to part shade and tolerates most soil conditions.
Leaves and flowers are edible and tasty, raw or cooked. Rose checkermallow is more drought tolerant than Henderson’s checkermallow, but the leaves have a few more rough hairs.
