Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gaillardia aestivalis var. aestivalis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Gaillardia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
COMMON NAME:
Sandhills Gaillardia, Rayless Blanketflower, Lanceleaf Blanketflower
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_g_aestivalis_aestiva1
June Scotland County NC
Flower heads grow singly at the ends of 1-10cm long stalks, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_g_aestivalis_aestiva2
June Scotland County NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_g_aestivalisaestiva1b
June Scotland County NC
Disc hemispheric, ~ 1.5cm. Disc flowers red-purple; rays yellow if present, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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
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
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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