OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaillardia pulchella var. pulchella   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Gaillardia pulchella var. pulchella

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Gaillardia pulchella

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-74-001?:

Gaillardia pulchella   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Gaillardia drummondii

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Blanket-flower, Gaillardia, Firewheel, Indian Blanket Flower


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image of Gaillardia pulchella var. pulchella, Common Blanket-flower, Gaillardia, Firewheel, Indian Blanket Flower

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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Gaillardia pulchella var. pulchella, Common Blanket-flower, Gaillardia, Firewheel, Indian Blanket Flower

JK Marlow    jkm120914_828

September    Greenville County    SC

In cultivation

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaillardia pulchella var. pulchella   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gaillardia pulchella var. pulchella

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Gaillardia pulchella

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gaillardia drummondii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3848

Forb
Short-lived perennial

Habitat: Prairies, other open habitats, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native: south & west of the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare or waif(s)

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Invasive?

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
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers sterile

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene

 

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