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A member of the mustard family, the Contra Costa wallflower’s four orange petals are each less than an inch long, but the plant can grow over 9 feet tall. Wallflowers have an uncommon ability to thrive in places like sand dunes, rock crevices and even stone walls, which is how they got their name.
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