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Richardson's Geranium (Geranium richardsonii)

Flowers: White to pale pink with purplish viens; 5 petaled to 1": Leaves: palmately cleft into 5-7 main segments on long stalks.

Golden Smoke (Corydalis aurea)

Flowers: Golden to 3/4" in spikelike clusters; Leaves: Silvery bluish green, finely dissected to 6"

Bird's Foot Morning Glory (Ipomoea leptotoma)

Morning Glory family; Flowers: Pink, blue or purple rarely white, trumpet-shaped to 1 1/2"; Leaves: Dark green, palmately cleft into 3 or 5 narrow lobes up to 3"

Hill's Lupine (Lupinus hillii)

Pea Family; Flowers: Bluish to purple to 1/4" in an elongated cluster; Leaves: Grayish green, very hairy; palmate with 8-10 leaflets.

Fendler's Sandwort (Arenaria fendleri)

Pink Family; Flowers: White, starlike, light green filaments; 5 petals; Leaves: threadlike to 2 1/2"

Macoun's Buttercup (Ranunculas macounii)

Buttercup family; Flowers: 5 rounded petals to 5/8"; Leaves finely haired above, lighter green beneath; triangle shaped, divided & cleft.

Arizona Rose (Rosa arizonica)

Rose Family; Flowers: Pink with 5 wavy petals; yellow stamens followed by berry fruit called a hip. Leaves: pinnate 3-9 toothed 2 1/2"

Deer's Ears

Showy Milkweed

King of the Hill Bumblebee on Deer's Ear

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