Common Name
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Botanical Name
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Description
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Mojave Globemallow
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Sphaeralcea Ambigua
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Low desert perennial, orange flowers
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Desert Marigold
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Baileya Multiradiata
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Low desert perennial, yellow flowers
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Palmer Penstemon
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Penstemon Palmeri
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Sand desert perennial, light pink flowers
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Hopi Blanketflower
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Gaillardia Pinnatifida
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Sand desert perennial, orange flowers
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Pale Evening Primrose
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Oenothera Pallida
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Sand desert perennial herb
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Prince's Plume
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Stanleya Pinnata
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Rock/outcrops perennial herb, yellow plumelike flowers
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Utah Penstemon
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Penstemon Utahensis
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Rock/outcrops perennial herb, red tubular flowers
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Firecracker Penstemon
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Penstemon Eatonii
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Rock/outcrops perennial herb, red tubilar flowers
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Desert Larkspur
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Delphinium Scaposum
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Rock/outcrops perennial herb, purple flowers
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Indian Paintbrush
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Castilleja Chromosa
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Rock/outcrops perennial, red flowers
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Sundrops
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Calylophus Hartwegii
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Yellow flowering, does well in sunny, hot areas
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Chocolate Flower
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Berlandiera Lyrata
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Fragrant yellow blooms
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Coneflower
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Echinacea Purpurea
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Purple flowers, blooms most of summer
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Columbine
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Aquilegia
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Likes well-drained soil
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Verbena
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Verbena sp.
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Available in many colors
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Lantana
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Lantana sp.
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Low growing, evergreen shrubs
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Ice Plant
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(Various Genera)
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Low growing, succulent ground cover
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Autumn Sage
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Salvia Greggii
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Small shrub, blooms summer and fall
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Salvia
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Salvia sp.
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Many types of this perennial
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Coreopsis
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Coreopsis sp.
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Yellow flowering, about 1-2 ft. tall
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Yarrow
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Achillea sp.
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Tall erect growth habit, more are yellow
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Lavender
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Lavendula
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Fragrant purple flowers
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Lirope
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Liriope Muscari
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Green grass-like leaves in clumps-purple bloom
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Four O' Clock
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Mirabilus Multiflora
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Magenta colored flowers in clumps
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Phlox
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Phlox sp.
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Many perennial types, most are yellow or white
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Russian Sage
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Perovskia Atriplicifolia
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Wood shrub, mass pf purple flowers
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Red Hot Poker
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Kniphofia sp.
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Dense foliage producing yellow-orange flowers
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