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
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
)
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).
)
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
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- 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 Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p081?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p129
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p298
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p347
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p097
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".