Putnam Park Wildflowers

Flower ID: IMG_6956.JPG-06-26-2023
Flower name (scientific): Gaillardia pulchella Auguste Denis Fougeroux de Bandaroy PY: 1788. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) gay-LAR-dee-uh pul-CHEL-uh
Flower name (common): Indian Blanket
Family name (common): Aster
Family name (scientific): Asteraceae
Scientific name origin:
     Genus: Named to honor Antoine René Gaillard de Charentonneau (1720 – c. 1788 to 1791). He was a French magistrate, patron of botany, and naturalist.
    Specific epithet: From the Latin for beautiful or pretty, referring to the attractive nature of the flowers.
Common name origin: This name comes from the resemblance of the flower to the patterns on some of the blankets woven by Native American women.
Flower description:
     Size: 1.5 to 2.5 inches (3.8 to 6.3 cm)
     Petal count: 8 up to 15 ray florets, disk florets 40 to 100+.
     Color: red and yellow, rarely entirely yellow
     Other: flower arrangement, Solitary
Plant description:
     Size: 12 to 24 inches (30 to 61 cm)
     Stem hairy:
     Other:
Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is simple
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     Hairy:
     Other: Shape: leaf, linear, oblong, or spatulate (FNA), basal oblong-elliptic to obovate, stem leaves narrowly oblong-elliptic to lanceolate (MP)
Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced
Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon
Bloom time (typical): June to August
Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Annual
Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, prairies, fields, dry, sun.
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Similar species (if any): Gaillardia aristata (Common Blanketflower) is similar to Gaillardia pulchella, with the former having both basal and cauline leaves, sometimes just cauline leaves, while the latter speciesusually has cauline leaves, though sometimes basal. The leaves of G. aristata are oblanceolate to lanceolate, while those of G. pulchella are linear, oblong, spatulate, or oblong-elliptic to obovate.
Ethnobotany: No recorded uses by tribes from Wisconsin. The Keres used the plant to help mothers wean babies (Moerman, p. 241, 1998).
Latitude: 44.801708
Longitude: -91.527588
Altitude: 241.40
Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Dane, Eau Claire, Iowa, Portage, Taylor) Click here for distribution map
In US: (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI) Click here for distribution map
In Canada: (MB, ON, QC) Click here for distribution map
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Basionym: na
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Autonym: na
Wetland Status (NC): UPL
Wetland Status (MW): FACU