According to Aztec legend this flower was completely yellow before Hernan Cortes arrived in the new world. The flower was then stained with so much American Indian blood that it has remained red. Another, less violent story is, that it is called Indian Blanket because it can carpet a field or roadside for miles, covering the ground like a blanket. Some other names for this flower are Sundance and Firewheel. It is native, and grows across the United States in zones 3 to 10. Where I found it : in a sandy driveway in Maine
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