firewheels

Red-yellow prairie blooms

Firewheels are wildflowers native to the American Southwest and Mexico, named for their circular blooms with red and yellow petals radiating outward like flames.

Also called Indian blanket or blanket flower, they thrive in dry conditions and bloom prolifically along roadsides and prairies: The hillside was covered in firewheels.

wildflower

prairie

Open grassy flatland

petals · red · yellow · native · drought-tolerant · perennial · pollinator · meadow · seeds · bloom

pyrotechnic

pinwheel

Spinning vaned toy

rotation · spectacle · celebration · Fourth of July · Diwali · display · fuse · ignition · cascade · golden

gymnastics

cartwheel

Lateral body rotation

floor · handspring · spinning · momentum · aerial · gymnast · routine · sideways · revolution · somersault

Opposites
flower color palette

firewheelsbluebells

Nodding woodland flowers

ice plant · snow-on-the-mountain · snowdrops · forget-me-nots · hydrangeas

visual temperature/energy

firewheelssnowflakes

Frozen precipitation crystals

ice crystals · frost flowers · icicles · glaciers · frozen waterfalls

elemental association

firewheelswaterwheels

Current-spun mechanisms for mills

water lilies · ice plants · snowdrops · water hyacinths · lotus

Family

firewheel

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G