Firewheel
Gaillardia pulchella
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh & more
How to identify Firewheel
Identify Firewheel by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Red-and-yellow bicolor 'firewheel' flower heads.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Alternate.
- Confirm leaf type: Simple.
- Confirm flower colour: Orange.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Head.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Asteraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Firewheel.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Gaillardia pulchella
- Genus
- Gaillardia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Delhi, Chandigarh, Kerala, Odisha
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.“The leaves are alternate, mostly basal, 4–8 cm (1+5⁄8–3+1⁄8 in) long, with edges smooth to coarsely toothed or lobed.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“It has a hairy stem, simple or branched near the base, where the leaves are essentially located towards the bottom of the plant.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“The leaves are alternate, mostly basal, 4–8 cm (1+5⁄8–3+1⁄8 in) long, with edges smooth to coarsely toothed or lobed.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- GlabrousrecordedSmooth, hairless.“The leaves are alternate, mostly basal, 4–8 cm (1+5⁄8–3+1⁄8 in) long, with edges smooth to coarsely toothed or lobed.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Firewheel itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Orangerecorded
- Flower arrangement
- HeadrecordedA dense, tight cluster of many small stalkless flowers, packed into a rounded or flat head.“The central disc florets of the flower head tend to be more red-violet, with the outer ray florets being yellow.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- AchenerecordedA small, dry, single-seeded fruit that does not split open.“The fruit is an achene, almost pyramidal, hairy, and prolonged by a pappus 5 to 8 millimetres (3⁄16 to 5⁄16 in) in length.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Firewheel itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
About Firewheel
Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) is a species in the Asteraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and 15 other states.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Firewheel belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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