| Other Names | Firewheel, Blanketflower, Rose-Ring Gaillardia, Showy Gaillardia | ||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Gaillardia pulchella | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Aster ( Asteraceae ) | ||||||||||||
| Composite
Upright to 1-2 feet, stem usually much branched, becoming woody at base. Flower: head to 2 in. across. 6-15 ray flowers. Yellow at tip, red at base. 3 lobed at tip. Purplish-red to brown disk flowers are numerous. Leaves: To 3 in. long , alternate, short-stalked or stalkless, clasping basally; margins entire to coarsely tootherd or lobed. | |||||||||||||
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Reference: Geyata Ajilvsgi Wildflowers of Texas p. 295 | |||||||||||||
All year
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Other Color - yellow |
| In addtion to a primary listing with the red-colored flowers, at times the yellow category may be more appropriate. . |
| If yellow at tips are prominent, overall color may appear more yellow/orange than red. . |