3158

Forb
Annual

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon in SC, rare in NC)

Look for it in sandhills, disturbed sandy soils, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Reddish-purple
Rays: Yellow (if present)
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers sterile
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p172
• Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p078
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p129?
• Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p084

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gaillardia aestivalis var. aestivalis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaillardia aestivalis var. aestivalis   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-74-002:
Gaillardia aestivalis   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gaillardia lanceolata var. lanceolata