red and yellow flower
Looked like lantana but was actually different…
Asclepias, Mexican Milkweed
it’s called Arisina Kumkuma in Kannada, beautifully descriptive name!
~ Deepa Mohan (naturalist, writer, photographer, birder, …….)
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