Asteraceae
Firewheel
Gaillardia pulchella
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Gaillardia
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- عنبر كشمير
- Armenian
- Գայլարդիա երկգույն
- arz
- عنبر كشمير
- Chinese
- 天人菊, 老虎皮菊, 虎皮菊, 矢车天人菊
- Czech
- Kokarda sličná
- English
- Firewheel, Indian blanket
- Hungarian
- Kokárdavirág
- Japanese
- テンニンギク, インディアンブランケット, テンジンギク, テンニンキク, 天人菊
- Korean
- 천인국
- Lithuanian
- Puošnioji gailiardija
- Malayalam
- ഗെയ്ലാർഡിയ പുൽചെല്ല
Synonyms
- Calonnea pulcherrima Buchoz
- Gaillardia bicolor Lam.
- Gaillardia bicolor var. bicolor
- Gaillardia bicolor var. drummondii Hook.
- Gaillardia drummondii DC.
- Gaillardia lobata Buckley
- Gaillardia neomexicana A.Nelson
- Gaillardia picta D.Don
- Gaillardia pulchella f. flaviflora S.S.Ying
- Gaillardia pulchella f. lorenziana Voss
- Gaillardia pulchella f. picta (D.Don) Voss
- Gaillardia pulchella f. pulchella
- Gaillardia pulchella var. albiflora Cockerell
- Gaillardia pulchella var. australis B.L.Turner & Whalen
- Gaillardia pulchella var. drummondii (Hook.) B.L.Turner
- Gaillardia pulchella var. picta (D.Don) A.Gray
- Gaillardia pulchella var. simplex Voss
- Gaillardia pulchella var. tubulosa Voss
- Gaillardia scabrosa Buckley
- Galordia alternifolia Raeusch.
- Virgilia helioides L'Hér.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: wwattles, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: patrick, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.