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



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

Gill Newberry    gn01_g_pulchella_flower

January        

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

Keith Bradley    kab_g_pulchella_00110

April    Monroe County    FL

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

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).

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

Keith Bradley    kab_g_pulchella_00124

April    Monroe County    FL

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

Keith Bradley    kab_g_pulchella_00127

April    Monroe County    FL

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

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10231861437214907

July    Georgetown County?    SC

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

JK Marlow    jkm0309p_02

September    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

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

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).

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

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).

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

JK Marlow    jkm161105_106

November    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

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

JK Marlow    jkm161105_107

November    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

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

JK Marlow    jkm161105_109

November    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

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

JK Marlow    jkm161105_111

November    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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

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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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