Copper Flower

This short flower grows up to 6 inches (15 cm) tall. Its gray-green stems grow in bunches of 7 and are wispy with a curved tip, and the huge, green leaves are broad, flat with serrated edges. Many leaves grow at the base of the stem, and more leaves alternate on the stem from about halfway up, up to the flower head.

Dozens of medium-sized flowers grow in bunches along the stem. The flowers are 5 cm (2.0 inches) wide, with solid copper petals decorated with purple lines and a silver central disk. The flower head is an uncoordinated mess of 40 curved petals. They detach easily.

It has a delicate scent that smells like rotten eggs, and it has lots of pollen; it can can cause allergic reactions. It is pollinated by a small species of bird.