Another mystery flower

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John just brought this back from his doggie walk:



I mean, WTF? I've never seen anything like this before.

Update: it's a species of Dichelostemma , also known as "firecracker flower". Curiously, it is closely related to a little blue flower, Dichelostemma multiflorum , that is also currently blooming here, though they look so different I can hardly believe they're even in the same family.

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The open flowers are about an inch long. See original post for identification.