Copperflower

This short flower grows up to 6 inches (15 cm) tall. Its brown stem is thin, and the tiny, gray-green leaves are slender, pointed with smooth 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.

6 to 8 medium-sized flowers grow on alternate sides up the length of the stem. The flowers are 6 cm (2.4 inches) wide, with petals that are caramel at the sides and copper at the center. The flower head is shaped like a bowl made up of 10 raised, round-tipped petals. They detach easily.

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