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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaillardia pulchella var. drummondii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Gaillardia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaillardia pulchella var. picta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gaillardia pulchella var. drummondii
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Gaillardia pulchella
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gaillardia pulchella var. picta
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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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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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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231861437214907
July Georgetown County? SC
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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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 (Nelson, 2006).
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaillardia pulchella var. drummondii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaillardia pulchella var. picta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gaillardia pulchella var. drummondii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Gaillardia pulchella
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gaillardia pulchella var. picta
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
Habitat: dunes, sandy flats behind the dunes, roadsides and vacant lots on barrier islands, per Weakley's Flora
Native: Texas
Common in Coastal Plain
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p208
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p345?
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p491
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p450
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p081?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p129
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p275
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p084
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p298?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p347?
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p084
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p097
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