Calico is a perfect name for these beauties. A lovely image, Mike.
Blenheim Orange wrote:
The blossoms on this plant are less than a half an inch diameter and the flower heads have a distinctive pinkish color. The flowers are on long slender horizontal stalks, usually low to the ground.
"Calico Aster" Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Taken yesterday. Canon 5DII, 180mm Macro lens, off camera flash, f16, 1/100th sec, ISO 100, monopod.
Mike