[Oregon Checker-mallow]

The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence of Oregon checker-mallow. This appears to be variety spicata. Note the smaller hairs on the calyx. This variety seems to have very small flowers? All photographs on this page were taken in meadows along the South Fork of the John Day River near the intersections of forest roads 47 & 3750 in the Malheur NF..........July 18, 1998. This variety is also common up Emmigrant Creek about a dozen miles to the west.

The photo above shows a close-up of the blade of a lowe leaf.