Gaillardia pulchella
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| Indian Blanket | |||||||||||||||
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| Gaillardia pulchella Foug. |
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Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) is a short-lived annual flowering plant native to the central United States. It is easily grown throughout the southeast. The flowers are bright red with a yellow rim and is slightly smaller than Gaillardia aristatabut is very drought tolerant and even salt tolerant, thriving along coastal dunes.
