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