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Gaillardia sp
This is a flowering plant from one of my front yard planters. It is has such an unusual shape. "This flower thrives in much of central United States, all the way from northern Mexico to southern Canada. It is the state wildflower of Oklahoma (Wikipedia)." It is native to the central United States.
Urban flower garden.
Spotted on Sep 25, 2011
Submitted on Oct 9, 2011
7 Comments
Thanks textless!
Beautiful!
I agree lgCostaNut! :)
Amazing!
Thank you for the ID Kristal! :)
Here's another spotting that looks very similar: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/630...
This looks like a Gaillardia, possibly G. pulchella. Take a look: http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.....