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Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Fragrant Gaillardia (Gyp Indian Blanket) Gaillardia suavis
Flower ball about 3/4" wide. Yellow petals droop and fall off quickly. The red seed ball slowly turns white to become a papery puff ball. The plant is 1-2 feet tall with all the leaves at the base.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2004, May 2008
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Jones, Shackelford, Callahan, Coleman, Brown, Coke)

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Lanceleaf Blanketflower Gaillardia aestivalis
Flower head is maroon but is sparsely flowered so looks "scruffy" compared to Gaillardia suavis. Disk becomes spherical as fruit develops. Few if any ray petals (yellow or red veined) are deeply three lobed.
(Native of Texas - Coleman)

                 

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Indian Blanket (Firewheel) Gaillardia pulchella
Flower 1"-2" wide. Petals are often tipped in yellow. The plant is 1-2 feet tall and can fill fields. These flowers will bloom all summer, but the flowers are nicest in the spring. Leaves are basal, long and deeply lobed.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2004, May & July 2005
(Native of Texas - Taylor, etc.)

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Red Dome Blanketflower Gaillardia pinnatifida
1 3/4" wide flower with red center dome. Droopy yellow petals have 3 deep rounded lobes. Most leaves are linear, gray green, fuzzy. Basal leaves are long and deeply lobed.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Runnels, Coke, Nolan, Fisher)

                  

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Small Palafoxia Palafoxia callosa
Flower cluster about 1/2" wide, can be white to medium pink. Upright plant grows 18" tall. Stiff stems are very thin and branched. Narrow leaves to 2" long with smaller leaves at nodes. Plant grows in limy soil.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, October 2002, October 2004, August-September 2005
(Native of Texas - Taylor)

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Rose Palafoxia Palafoxia rosea
Flower cluster about 1" wide and grouped closer together. Stem is sticky.
(Native of Texas - Taylor)

Othake Palafoxia sphacelata
Daisy-like pink ray flowers and pink center (not button shaped). Spear shaped leaves.
(Native of Texas - Coleman, Fisher, Coke)

Texas Palafox Palafoxia texana
(Native of Texas - Brown)

           

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Sweetscent (Salt Marsh Fleabane) Pluchea odorata
Flower about 1/4" tall without ray petals, in flat topped clusters 2"-3" wide. Leaves 2"-6" long with toothed margin and the smell of camphor. Plant grows 1-3 feet tall. Found growing in a swampy area at Lake Coleman. This plant has high salt tolerance and is considered a pest in many areas.
Photos taken in Coleman County, Texas, September 2005
(Native of Texas - Coleman, Brown, Coke)