- Plants tall; mostly more than 12 inches high
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- Flowers bright red to orange-red
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- Flowers dull red; leaves few to none
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Chuparosa
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- Flowers orange-red; leaves gray, with lobed margin
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Apricot mallow
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- Flowers bright scarlet; leaves green with smooth margin
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Eaton's firecracker
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- Flowers pink to red-violet
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- Flowers more than 1 inch long
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Giant four-o'clock
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- Plant not hairy or sticky
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Beard tongue
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- Flowers irregular; in an elongate cluster
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Arizona lupine
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- Flowers regular with 5 lobes; not in clusters
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Splendid gilia
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- Plants less than 10 inches high
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- Flowers orange-red to scarlet
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- Flowers bowl-shaped showy with 3 large petals
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Kennedy lily
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- Flowers in a terminal brush-like cluster
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Desert indian paintbrush
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- Flowers pink to red-violet
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- Low plant forming mats on the desert sand
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- Flowers pink; carpeting sandy areas
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Sand verbena
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- Flowers red-violet, forming small mats
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Purple mat
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- Flowers lavender-pale pink; with prickly leaves
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Desert calico
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- Plant with odor of onion; flowers with 6 petals
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Wild onion
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- Plant without onion odor; flowers with 5 petals
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- Flowers bowl-shaped; petals with a dark spot at base
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Desert five-spot
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- Flowers open; common in dry sandy washes
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Desert monkey flower
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