Blanket Flower Gaillardia Pulchella
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Blanket flower gaillardia pulchella. Gaillardia pulchella indian blanket index. A native of prairies across the americas g. Habit with typical red flowers. The hairy stem is usually much branched and becomes woody at the base late in the season.
Fnps provides this link to assist users in finding sources for native plants. The plant forms 12 24 tall clumps with soft hairy divided leaves. Gaillardia pulchella is a hardy plant not picky about soil though sandy and well drained are best. X grandiflora is likely the plant you ll.
Through to colorado and south into mexico was cross bred with gaillardia aristata a prairie. These flowers are prolific on the barrier islands and will grow in the soft sand along beach walkways. Blanket flower is considered an annual but will readily reseed. Waimanalo oahu hawaii usa.
The flowers can be single double or semidouble and appear on long stems held above the foliage. Some members of fann may provide services that do not further the fnps mission and this link should not be considered to be. Flowers appear in summer and are 2 3 in 5 7 6 cm across and are held upon 18 36 in 46 91 cm light green stems. Indian blanket grows in 14 24 in 35.
Phonetic spelling gay lar dee ah pul kel ah description. Gaillardia pulchella gaillardia pulchella foug. Pulchella is often grown as an annual. Information from dichotomous key of flora novae angliae.
Blanket flower gaillardia indian blanket asteraceae compositae back to list. Pictures identity summary of invasiveness. Gaillardia also known as blanket flower is an easy to grow short lived perennial with richly colored daisy like flowers. The large centers of the flowers are rose purple and the dense frilly petals are yellow orange crimson or copper scarlet.
Gapu usda native status. Aristata is a perennial form of blanket flower. Its vibrantly colored flowers can be seen carpeting fields and the sides of highways for miles in the summer to late fall. Gaillardia is a north america native found from virginia to florida and westward to colorado and new mexico.
A hybridized cross between g. There are over two dozen species in the gaillardia genus and most are native to some area of north america. Indian blanket gaillardia pulchella is a short lived perennial or annual noted for its brilliant daisy like flowers. Branched stems mostly leafy near the.
L48 n ak i hi i can firewheel or indian blanket is a popular annual growing 1 2 3 ft. In doing so fnps is not attesting to the accuracy of any information on the fann webite. Native to the southeastern us all the way west to colorado and down south to mexico g. Danielcd wikipedia cc by sa 3 0 flowers.
Favored by honeybees it produces a dark reddish amber buttery tasting honey. Our variety is gaillardia pulchella foug. Gaillardia pulchella indian blanket melekula wai kahuli waikahuli typical red flowers. It has a high drought tolerance and does best with a dry hot climate in full sun.