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Sphaeralcea coccinea
from Wikipedia "...a perennial plant growing 10–30 cm tall from spreading rhizomes with a low habit. They have grayish stems with dense, star-shaped hairs and alternately arranged leaves. The leaf blades are 2–5 cm long, palmately shaped, and deeply cut, with 3–5 main wedge-shaped segments. The undersides of the leaves have gray hairs. The 2-cm-wide flowers are reddish-orange and saucer-shaped, with 5 notched, broad petals, in small terminal clusters. Plants flower from May to October.
from Wikipedia: "This species is native to grasslands and prairies of the Great Plains and western regions of northern North America."
Spotted on Jul 21, 2010
Submitted on Jun 3, 2012
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