Copperflower

This modest-sized flower grows up to 1.3 feet (38 cm) tall. Its pink-red stem is very thick and splits into 9 branching stems three quarters of the way up, and the large, beige leaves are very thin with irregular edges. Many leaves grow at the base of the stem, and a pair of leaves grow at the base of the flower head.

Each stem splits 3 to 6 times; a single medium-sized flower grows at the end of each split. The flowers are 50 cm (19.7 inches) wide, with light brown petals on the lower layer and slate petals decorated with lilac dots on the inner layer. The central disk is copper. The flower head is an uncoordinated mess of up to 40 petals. They fall easily.

It has an overpowering scent that smells like musk, and it has lots of pollen. It is pollinated by insects and is visited by a large variety of them.