| Noun | 1. wild hollyhock - perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivatedcheckerbloom, Sidalcea malvifloramallow - any of various plants of the family Malvaceaegenus Sidalcea, Sidalcea - genus of showy plants of western North America having palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowers | | 2.wild hollyhock - a rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus SphaeralceaIliamna remota, Sphaeralcea remotamallow - any of various plants of the family Malvaceaegenus Iliamna, Iliamna - small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs; some often placed in other genera |