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Gaillardia pulchella
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Gaillardia pulchella Foug., Mem. Acad. Sci. Paris 1786. 5. 1788; Chowdhery in Hajra et al., Fl. India 12: 430. 1995.
Gaillardia bicolor Lam., Encycl. 2: 590. 1788.
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Description:
Annual herbs to 40 cm high, thinly pubescent. Leaves simple, 3-8 x 0.5-1 cm, oblong-lanceolate, base rounded to acute, apex acute, margin entire, recurved. Heads solitary, terminal, long stalked, 2-4 cm across, radiate. Receptacle convex. Involucral bracts biseriate, obovate-lanceolate, herbaceous, scabrous, acuminate, 1.2 x 3 mm. Ray floret pink-yellow. Corolla 4-lobed, 5-6 mm; lobes lanceolate, connate near middle, narrowed at base. Disc floret with tubular corolla; tube 3-4 mm, 5-lobed, fimbriate, acuminate stamens 5, anthers linear with tailed base. Style 5-8 mm long; stigma linear, pubescent. Achenes 4-5 mm long, angular, upper portion broad, with 4 awns. Pappus of few equal or unequal paleaceous scales, 5-6 mm long ending in an awns.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-September
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of North America
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow, Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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