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The flower, which opens upwards, has 3 petals and 3 petal-like sepals all of which narrow to a stalked base with openings between each petal and sepal. Inner, lower portion of petals and sepals yellowish with purplish-brown spots. Leaves (1 to 4 inches long), narrow, pointed and arranged in whorls of 3 to 8.

(Photographed – mid-June)

A single upright stem (1 to 3 feet tall) generally with a single (occasionally 2 to 5) striking orange to orange-red flower.