In message , Jake
writes
On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:02:32 +0000, Stewart Robert Hinsley
wrote:

In message
,
Dave Hill writes
On Dec 22, 9:15*pm, "Mervyn James" wrote:
Could anyone identify this flower for me please?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/adelaid...nd_fauna/65558...

Ta,

Minge

A bit more info would help as would a better pic.
Looks as if you are in OZ, was the picture taken there?

It looks like Coreopsis tinctoria, a not uncommon constituent of wild
flower mixes, but native to North America.

The foliage is indistinct in the photograph but the blooms look
similar to a form of chrysanthemum that I've seen online advertised as
something called "crazy daisies".

You might be thinking of crown daisy (Glebionis or Chrysanthemum
coronaria) or tricolor daisy (Glebionis or Chrysanthemum carinata).
(Googling for Crazy Daisy finds a lot of brand names for all sorts of
products and services, and a Shasta daisy (Leucanthemum maximum)
cultivar; the photo isn't of the last.

Agreeing with Davie that location and also date of photo would be
helpful as would be one showing the foliage a bit more clearly.

Cheers, Jake
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Urgling happily from the dry end of Swansea Bay
because Santa's delivered a new weather station
so now I'll know how dry it is.

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Stewart Robert Hinsley