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

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaillardia aestivalis var. aestivalis   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Gaillardia aestivalis var. aestivalis

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

Gaillardia aestivalis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-74-002:

Gaillardia aestivalis   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Gaillardia lanceolata var. lanceolata

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Gaillardia lanceolata

 

COMMON NAME:
Sandhill Gaillardia, Rayless Blanketflower, Lanceleaf Blanketflower, Prairie Gaillardia


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image of Gaillardia aestivalis var. aestivalis, Sandhill Gaillardia, Rayless Blanketflower, Lanceleaf Blanketflower, Prairie Gaillardia

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_g_aestivalis_aestiva1

June    Scotland County    NC

Flower heads grow singly at the ends of 1-10cm long stalks, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Gaillardia aestivalis var. aestivalis, Sandhill Gaillardia, Rayless Blanketflower, Lanceleaf Blanketflower, Prairie Gaillardia

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_g_aestivalis_aestiva2

June    Scotland County    NC

image of Gaillardia aestivalis var. aestivalis, Sandhill Gaillardia, Rayless Blanketflower, Lanceleaf Blanketflower, Prairie Gaillardia

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_g_aestivalisaestiva1b

June    Scotland County    NC

Disc hemispheric, ~ 1.5cm. Disc flowers red-purple; rays yellow if present, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaillardia aestivalis var. aestivalis   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gaillardia aestivalis var. aestivalis

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-74-002:
Gaillardia aestivalis   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gaillardia lanceolata var. lanceolata

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gaillardia lanceolata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3158

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, prairies, disturbed sandy soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC (rare in NC, rare in GA Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Reddish-purple
Rays: Yellow (if present)
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual/ Ray flowers sterile

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene

 

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