INDIAN BLANKET FLOWER
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Gaillardia pulchella Foug.
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Gove County, Kansas |
Annual |
Height: 4-24 inches |
Family: Asteraceae - Sunflower Family |
Flowering Period: May, June, July, August, September |
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Also Called: | | Rose-ring gaillardia, showy gaillardia. | Stems: | | Erect, simple or freely branched from near base, rough hairy. | Leaves: | | Alternate, simple, sessile, often clasping, lanceolate or oblong in outline, to 3 inches long and 1 1/4 inches wide, coarsely hairy; margins entire, weakly toothed, or wavy-cleft. | Inflorescences: | | Heads, 1 to few, 1-3 inches wide, long-stalked, terminal. | Flowers: | | Bracts lanceolate, green; ray florets 10-20, red or purplish at bases, yellow near 3-lobed tips, 1/2 to 1 inch long, to 1/4 inch wide; disk florets reddish brown, interspersed with numerous stiff bristles. | Fruits: | | Achenes, short, hairy, tipped with 6-10 long-pointed, awned scales, enclosing small seed. | Habitat: | | Dry, open waste ground, disturbed sites, fields, and roadsides, most abundant on sandy soils. | Distribution: | | West 3/4 of Kansas. | Uses: | | The Kiowa Indians believed the flowers brought good luck. | Comments: | | Indian blanket flower is the state wildflower of Oklahoma. |
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| Indian blanket flower | ![](thumbnails/blanket11.jpg) | 123 KB | Gove County, Kansas |
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