Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gaillardia pulchella var. pulchella
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaillardia pulchella var. pulchella
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-74-001?:
Gaillardia pulchella
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Blanket Flower, Gaillardia, Firewheel, Indian Blanket Flower
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JK Marlow jkm120914_826
September Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Rays bright reddish-purple, usually yellow-tipped; disk purplish, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm120914_828
September Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-74-001?:
Gaillardia pulchella
FAMILY
Asteraceae
3848
Forb
Short-lived perennial
Native: south & west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Prairies, other open habitats, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
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