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Desert Honeysuckle (Anisicanthus thurberi)

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Common names: Desert Honeysuckle

Scientific name: Anisicanthus thurberi

Description: A woody shrub with oval somewhat hairy leaves and bright orange-red tubular flowers with petals that curl back from the center, exposing long similarly colored stamens and a white pistil.