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I pass a few desert larkspurs (Delphinium parishii) popping up through some yellow brittlebrush flowers

3563-sunflower.jpg A big patch of paperbag bush (Salazaria mexicana) in the wash leading into the Kelso MountainsThumbnailsBrilliant Indian Paintbrush never fails to get one's attention!A big patch of paperbag bush (Salazaria mexicana) in the wash leading into the Kelso MountainsThumbnailsBrilliant Indian Paintbrush never fails to get one's attention!A big patch of paperbag bush (Salazaria mexicana) in the wash leading into the Kelso MountainsThumbnailsBrilliant Indian Paintbrush never fails to get one's attention!A big patch of paperbag bush (Salazaria mexicana) in the wash leading into the Kelso MountainsThumbnailsBrilliant Indian Paintbrush never fails to get one's attention!A big patch of paperbag bush (Salazaria mexicana) in the wash leading into the Kelso MountainsThumbnailsBrilliant Indian Paintbrush never fails to get one's attention!

Thanks for the plant ID, Lee; I didn't recognize these because I'm used to seeing much darker blue flowers than these.