Firepetal

This small flower grows up to 5 inches (13 cm) tall. Its pink-red stems grow from the base of the plant in bunches of 3 and are thick and straight, and split into several branching stems halfway up, and the huge, yellow leaves are long, narrow with serrated edges. Many leaves grow at the base of the stem, and more leaves grow in pairs along the length of the stem.

5 to 8 giant flowers grow on alternate sides up the length of the stem. The flowers are 3 cm (1.2 inches) wide, with petals that are brown in the center, gold in the middle and light grey at the edges. The flower head is made up of many petals in raised layers. They are hardy.

It has an intense scent that smells like bonfire smoke, and it has lots of pollen. It is pollinated by a small species of bird, but is also visited by a small species of bird.