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Sonoran Desert Poppies

Mostly annual herbs. Showy flowers usu. with five petals and numerous stamens. Several species, just two shown here (for now ... ).

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

Creamcups

Platystemon californicus

Photo by Mike Plagens

Annual herb of spring time in the Sonoran Desert. Present only in wet years when they can cover vast hillsides. The image is hosted by Wikimedia     Detailed Description

Photo © by Mike Plagens

Delicate spring annual of wash banks and rocky hillsides. Present only after adequate winter-spring rains.   Detailed Description

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