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8% California Poppy | Eschscholtzia californica The California poppy is native to grassy and open areas from sea level to 6,500 feet in the western United States throughout California, extending to Oregon, southern Washington, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and in Mexico in Sonora and northwest Baja California. It can grow 5-60 centimeters tall, with alternately branching waxy pale blue-green foliage. 6% Indian Blanketflower | Gaillardia pulchella Firewheel or indian blanket is a popular annual growing 1-2 ft. tall. The hairy stem is usually much-branched and becomes woody at the base late in the season. Frequent along roadsides in the Southwest, these wildflowers stand like hundreds of showy Fourth of July pinwheels at the top of slender stalks. 8% Wallflower | Erysimum capitatum An extremely variable species, though usually a clumped plant with densely crowded clusters of orange, yellow, orange-brown or purplish-maroon flowers atop each minimally-branched stem. The narrow leaves and stems of this biennial to short-lived perennial are hairy. The seedpods stand upright. 6% Mexican Gold Poppy | Eschscholtzia mexicana A low, smooth, pale bluish-green plant with fern-like leaves, mostly near base, and orange-yellow, cup-shaped flowers borne singly on stalks. Mexican gold poppy is a small, somewhat sprawling perennial, 6-16 in. tall and wide. The Spanish name, Amopalo del Campo, means “poppy of the countryside.”
1% Pink Evening Primrose | Oenothera speciosa Originally native only to central grasslands from Missouri and Nebraska south through Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas to northeastern Mexico, Pink Ladies or Pink Evening Primrose is an upright to sprawling, 1 1/2 ft. perennial, which spreads to form extensive colonies. Its large, four-petaled flowers range in color from dark pink to white. 7% Bladderpod | Lesquerella gordonii Gordon’s bladderpod is a hairy annual with a silvery gray appearance. Stems, up to 16 in. long, may be trailing or erect and are much-branched. Flowers are yellow and are followed by spherical, inflated fruit pods on curving stalks. 3% Desert Lupine | Lupinus sparsiflorus Pale blue, 1/2-inch long blue to lilac flowers bloom on slender, erect stems January through May. The upper petal (banner) has a yellow spot which changes to reddish after pollination. The two bottom petals (keel) are short, and wide; they are hairy on the bottom edge and curve upward to a slender tip. 2% Fivespot | Nemophila insignis Fivespot is a species of flowering plant in the Borage family. It is endemic to California. In the wild it is found primarily in the Sierra foothills, but it is also planted extensively in gardens. The flowers are bowl-shaped consisting of five petals, white with dark veins and dots. The lobe tips are purple-spotted, leading to the common name.
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