I'd be grateful to anyone who can help me to identify the plant in the attached photo. I thought that this plant might be eriogonum but have decided it's not. I'm wondering if you can help identify it? The flowers are a little more orange than the red that they appear to be in the photo. I believe that it is a drought tolerant plant, or at least am hoping so.

Thanks very much!

Welcome to the site!

Looks like California poppy.

https://garden.org/plants/sear...

Thanks crawgarden for your quick reply. The flower does somewhat resemble the California Poppy but the foliage is different from the poppies that I know. The flower also stands about 5" above a more matted foliage. Perhaps there is a different kind of poppy that I'm not familiar with. I will look into this.

Many thanks!

Not a poppy at all, let me go through my photos to find the correct name, I'm drawing a blank.

Helianthemum. Many named cultivars.

https://www.google.com/search?...

Well I have too many photos, I thought perhaps Geum or Cistus but foliage is wrong. I moved it over to the Plant ID forum for help.

There we are!! And we would rather show off photos in our database than send folks elsewhere.
https://garden.org/plants/brow...

Calif_Sue I think that you may have found it. Here are a few better pictures I just found. I think it look like the photo in your database. Do you agree? The flowers kind of hover over a mound of foliage.

Many thanks!

Very glad to have helped with this id!

Silversurfer thank you ever so much. And all the way from Scotland to boot! A place close to my heart.

I'm thrilled and very grateful.

It was @Silversurfer that came up with the correct name, I only supplied the database link in agreement.

Thanks @Calif-Sue. I realized that later, and thus my thank you message. I just found the site and it has been a great experience. Appreciate you all!

and visit often!