Blanket Flower: Gaillardia pulchella : Asteraceae
Blanket Flower © RSWacha, 1998
Description:
Flowering heads have distinctive, bright, reddish ray flowers, with yellow tips, and are easily recognized. The centrally clustered disc flowers are deep crimson and yellow. Flowering heads are solitary on the stem. Involucral bracts are narrowly lance-shaped, and covered with cottony- appearing hairs. Stems and leaves also have hairs. Leaves are arranged individually on the stem, and attach directly without a petiole. The leaves are narrowly lance-shaped, and have smooth margins that lack teeth. This species blooms from June to September, and occurs in dry fields and prairie plantings. Native to N. A.