Indian Blanket (Wildflowers of Eisenhower State Park)

Indian Blanket

Gaillardia pulchella

Summary ⁶

Gaillardia pulchella (firewheel, Indian blanket, Indian blanketflower, or sundance), is a North American species of short-lived perennial or annual flowering plants in the sunflower family. It is native to northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Sonora, Tamaulipas) and the southern and central United States from Arizona east to Florida and the Carolinas and north as far as Nebraska. It is also naturalized in scattered locations in other parts of

Distribution ⁷

Gaillardia pulchella, Indian blanket flower, can be found throughout the continental United States (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IL, KS, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NM, NV, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT) with the exception of northwestern and some mid-Atlantic states such as Kentucky to New Jersey, and is exotic to Deleware (NatureServe Explorer, 2012; Hammond et al., 2007: 26).

References

Hammond, H. E., Norcini, J. G., Wilson, S. B., Schoellhorn, R. K. & Miller, D. L. 2007. Growth, flowering, and survival of firewheel Gaillardia pulchella Foug. Native Plants Journal 8: 25-39.

NatureServe Explorer. 2012. Hydrangea quercifolia. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life. Version 7.1. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, available at: http://www.natureserve.org; accessed on Oct 18, 2012.