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Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella)
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Other common names: Firewheel, Showy Gaillardia
Native
Family:
Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Height: 0.7 to 1.5 ft.
Blooms: June to
July
Leaf Type:
lobed
Bloom Size: 2 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Individual flowers,
Regular blooms, 10 or more parts
Location: Youghiogheny River Trail
Date: 10/12/2002
Notes:
Petals have 3 scallops each.
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Indian Blanket may be
easily confused with:
- Great Blanket Flower
Great blanket flower is taller, and has more broadly spaced petals.
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.
