Deep orange satiny petals with scarlet backs grace this rare old variety. The burnished four-petaled flowers and sea-green, finely cut leaves look beautiful in masses, perfect with sweet alyssum and cornflowers in any well-drained soil. Native Americans used this plant for toothache; today, it is recommended for its analgesic and mild narcotic properties. Cut back if bloom slows in summer for another flush of flowers that continue until a hard freeze. Listed in a 1936 catalog. Self-sows.