Sidalcea A.Gray ex Benth.

Herbs, annual or perennial, or subshrubs, sometimes glaucous, usually hairy, sometimes glabrate, hairs stellate or simple or both, with taproot, clustered fleshy roots, caudex, or adventitious roots, sometimes with shallow, elongated or compact rhizomes often termed rootstocks. Stems erect or ascending, reclining to decumbent at base, these often rooting, stolonlike stems sometimes present.