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- ↑ Tropicos, Hemizonia arida D.D. Keck
- ↑ Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd Ed. 2013, p. 314
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd Ed. 2013, p. 189
- ↑ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Deinandra arida (Keck) B.G. Baldwin Red Rock tarplant
- ↑ Flora of North America, Deinandra arida (D. D. Keck) B. G. Baldwin, Novon. 9: 467. 1999.