Red Dome Blanketflower – Native Plant of the Day 05/07/2024
Photo from 05/01/2019. Location: Grand County, UT
More photos / info at the Red Dome Blanketflower detail page.
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Indian Blanket – Native Plant of the Day 12/21/2023
Photo from 12/21/2011. Location: Desoto National Monument, Manatee County, FL.
More photos / info at the Gaillardia pulchella detail page.
Red Dome Blanketflower – Gaillardia pinnatifida – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Red Dome Blanketflower, a native plant, has been added to the USWildflowers’ database (06/11/2019.) Scientific name is Gaillardia pinnatifida. Photo below was taken along the Colorado River in Grand County, UT on May 1, 2019. Go to the Red Dome Blanketflower detail page for more information and photos.
Indian Blanket – Gaillardia pulchella – Added to USWildflowers’ Database
Indian Blanket, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (01/22/2012.) Scientific name is Gaillardia pulchella. Photo below was taken at the Desoto National Monument, Manatee County, FL , on December 21, 2011. Go to the Indian Blanket detail page for more photos and information.
Not in Kansas Anymore, Part Four – De Soto National Monument
On Wednesday, Dec 21, Cindy and I laid low in the morning, and then shortly before noon headed over to an “accidental find” – the De Soto National Monument. The picture below is appropriate, I think – an Indian Blanket. The National Monument marks the location where Hernando De Soto came ashore in May of 1539, starting his four year expedition of devastation through what is much of the southeastern United States.