Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella)
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Scientific Name: Gaillardia pulchella
Common Name(s): Indian blanket, firewheel
Family: Asteraceae (aster)
Life Cycle: Annual
Leaf Retention: N/A
Habit: Forb
USDA L48 Native Status: Native
Location: Plano, Texas
Season(s): Spring
Some thoughts on the name “Indian blanket.”
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Of All the Many Happenings, Only the Flower Can Bring Such a Simple Beauty by Mark Stevens
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An image captured walking along a path in a grassy meadow with wildflowers like the firewheel in bloom. My thoughts on composing this image was to find an angle using the LCD LiveView screen on my Nikon SLR camera with the flowers and have a balance across the image.
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n29_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Revue horticole.. Paris :Librairie agricole de la maison rustique,1829-1974.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49594253
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Front Yard - Rustic Porch
Design ideas for a sizable, rustic front porch renovation that will include decking and a roof extension
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Charlotte Bathroom Powder Room
Powder room - small rustic medium tone wood floor powder room idea with a vessel sink, furniture-like cabinets, black cabinets, wood countertops, red walls and red countertops
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Bathroom Charlotte
With a vessel sink, furniture-style cabinets, black cabinets, wood countertops, red walls, and red countertops, this powder room has a small rustic, medium-tone wood floor.
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Indian Blanket Flowers are Big and Brightly Colorful
Indian Blanket Flowers are Big and Brightly Colorful features a beautiful flower that, to the author/artist, signifies the start of summer. It goes on the provide some basic facts about the plant and the flowers.
Indian Blanket
Even though it’s not officially summer yet, summer has arrived in Florida. Temperatures are warm, we’re starting to get afternoon showers, and the Indian blanket flowers (Gaillardia pulchella) are starting to bloom. I discovered some of them in the median on one of our larger roads last week. They were growing among a bunch of tickseed flowers (Coreopsis leavenworthii) and it was…
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Gaillardia pulchella (Indian Blanket)
Also known as Firewheel, Sundance, and Indian Blanket Flower, this plant is native to Mexico and Southern/Central United States, from Arizona, to Florida, to the Carolinas. It tends to grow best in sandy areas with a hot, dry climate, but can also be found in urban vacant lots.
The Indian Blanket is the host plant to the larva of the Bordered Patch Bitterfly and the Painted Schinia Moth.
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Gaillardia pulchella / Blanket Flower at Nash Square in Raleigh, NC
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