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Gaillardia pulchella Foug.

Gaillardia, Indian blanket, firewheel, sundance

KingdomPlantaePlants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
SubkingdomTracheobiontaVascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
DivisionMagnoliophytaFlowering plants, also known as angiosperms
ClassMagnoliopsidaDicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
SubclassAsteridaeA large class that encompasses asters
OrderAsteralesFlowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
FamilyAsteraceaeThe aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers
GenusGaillardiaAfter Gaillard de Charentonneau, an 18th-century French magistrate, naturalist and patron of botany
Speciespulchella

About plant names...

Firewheel is native to central North America. It is a member of the aster family. The genus Gaillardia is named for an 18th-century French patron of botany, M. Gaillard de Charentonneau.

Identification: Plants reach 2′ (60 cm). The stem is hairy, and multiply branched. Most of the leaves are near the base, 1½-3″ (4-8 cm) long, with edges that are smooth or sometimes coarsely toothed. Flowers are the distinctive characteristic of firewheels—each petal is red or red-violet at the base, tipped with yellow, with a brownish red central disk, dividing into three lobes at the end. Sometimes the petals are solid orange or yellow.

Online References:

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Missouriplants.com

Wikipedia

Floridata.com

Southeastern Arizona Wildflowers and the Plants of the Sonoran Desert

Native Plants of Texas

SEINet—the Southwest Environmental Information Network

EFloras

Gaillardia pulchella (gaillardia, Indian blanket, firewheel, sundance)

8/28/2013 · Pearl Hill State Park, Townsend, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 8 × 6″ (20 × 14 cm)

Gaillardia pulchella (gaillardia, Indian blanket, firewheel, sundance)

8/28/2013 · Pearl Hill State Park, Townsend, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 16 cm)

 

Gaillardia pulchella description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

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Gaillardia pulchella (gaillardia, Indian blanket, firewheel, sundance)

6/15/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 2 × 1′ (62 × 41 cm)

Gaillardia pulchella (gaillardia, Indian blanket, firewheel, sundance)

6/26/2012 · By Jacquelyn Boyt

Gaillardia pulchella (gaillardia, Indian blanket, firewheel, sundance)

5/25/2009 · Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, Ari­zona · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (17 × 11 cm) ID is uncertain

Gaillardia pulchella (gaillardia, Indian blanket, firewheel, sundance)

5/25/2009 · Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, Ari­zona · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm)

Gaillardia pulchella (gaillardia, Indian blanket, firewheel, sundance)

8/28/2013 · Pearl Hill State Park, Townsend, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 16 cm)

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