Bob Williams expounded:

I snapped this picture of a flower in my neighbor's garden.
He did not know what the flower was (his wife is the gardener) and
neither do I. I know I've seen a lot of them so they are fairly common
in Southern California.
Bob Williams

Looks like a dahlia.
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Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
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