3848

Forb
Short-lived perennial

Native: south & west of the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA - -

Rare

Look for it in disturbed areas, persistent after cultivation, per Weakley's Flora

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

• Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2009

 

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Red & Yellow
Disc: Same color as the basal portion of rays
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers sterile
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene

 

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

• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p345?
• Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p081?
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p129
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p298
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p347
• Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p097

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

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-74-001?:
Gaillardia pulchella   FAMILY Asteraceae