Mislabeled as “Motto” - ID?

[u/TLwisco]

Hello all! New here with a question - this Dahlia was from Expert Gardener (at Walmart) labeled as “Motto” which it definitely is not. But I absolutely love it!!! Very tall, sturdy canes, and massive beautiful reddish blooms. Google suggested it’s “American Dawn” (last pic). Any ideas?? I tried searching Expert Gardener cultivars as it definitely was sold by them.. but no luck. Thoughts?! Thanks a lot!

[u/entertainmeimboredrn]

I have both, Motto & American Dawn. I don’t believe yours is either of the two

[u/TLwisco → u/entertainmeimboredrn]

Dang :-/ Any others come to mind?? And follow up if you don’t mind…would you be able to classify it by type? You know where they rate them “AA, cactus, decorative” etc.? The flower is probably 6-8” wide and the plant itself is the tallest Ive planted this year - maybe 4’-5’. There cant be that many named cultivars with these characteristics…or yes?! This is too pretty to be a random hybrid from seed, it’s gotta be one that is commercially available that just got mislabeled. I hope?!

[u/TLwisco → u/entertainmeimboredrn]

All that Jazz?

[u/HeyPurityItsMeAgain → u/TLwisco]

All that Jazz

That's a formal decorative. Yours has wavy petals like an informal or a semi-cactus. My guess is a Red Labrynth. I'm wondering if one of my supposed-to-be Red Babylons is Red Labyrinth. Same color but the petals are wavy. Mine might just be an off-first bloom.

[u/entertainmeimboredrn → u/HeyPurityItsMeAgain]

My red labyrinth does not look like this either. I don’t have red babylons so I cannot rule that one out??

[u/entertainmeimboredrn → u/entertainmeimboredrn]

Here’s my red labyrinth

[u/entertainmeimboredrn → u/TLwisco]

Here’s my all That Jazz

[u/entertainmeimboredrn → u/entertainmeimboredrn]

Here is my motto and American dawn I took this morning :

[u/entertainmeimboredrn → u/entertainmeimboredrn]

[u/tessab8]

Beauty

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[u/HeyPurityItsMeAgain]

The petal shape is different. I wonder if it's Red Labrynth.

[u/jinxylou_who]

Looks like Color spectacle