wild hollyhock n 1: perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated [syn: {checkerbloom}, {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: {Iliamna remota}, {Sphaeralcea remota}]