wild hollyhock
n 1: perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North
America that is also cultivated [syn: {checkerbloom}, {wild
hollyhock}, {Sidalcea malviflora}]
2: a rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common
hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers; sometimes
placed in genus Sphaeralcea [syn: {wild hollyhock}, {Iliamna
remota}, {Sphaeralcea remota}]