Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Gaillardia pulchella var. drummondii
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 pulchella var. picta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-74-001:
Gaillardia pulchella
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gaillardia picta
COMMON NAME:
Beach Blanket Flower, Gaillardia, Firewheel, Indian Blanket Flower
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Gill Newberry gn01_g_pulchella_flower
January
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Keith Bradley kab_g_pulchella_00110
April Monroe County FL
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Keith Bradley kab_g_pulchella_00116
April Monroe County FL
Rays bright reddish-purple, usually yellow-tipped; disk purplish, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Keith Bradley kab_g_pulchella_00124
April Monroe County FL
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Keith Bradley kab_g_pulchella_00127
April Monroe County FL
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JK Marlow jkm0309p_02
September Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0309p_08
September Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
Leaves hairy; narrowly oblanceolate; toothed, pinnately lobed or entire, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm0111b_19a
November Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
Flower color is variable; on some individuals rays may be entirely yellow, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm161105_106
November Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm161105_107
November Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm161105_109
November Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm161105_111
November Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm161105_112
November Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Gaillardia pulchella var. drummondii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaillardia pulchella var. picta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-74-001:
Gaillardia pulchella
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gaillardia picta
582
Forb
Short-lived perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it on dunes, in sandy flats behind the dunes, roadsides on barrier islands, 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.
...Dry
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!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p208
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p345?
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p450
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p081?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p129
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p203
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p275
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p298?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p347?
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p084
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p097