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Gaillardia ssp
Flower with pink tubular flowers that have yellow on the ends.
Along trail with various wildflowers.
This plant is not native to California. This is the state wildflower of Oklahoma.
Beautiful! I have seen Firewheels before but not like this! From what I read it is a cross between G. aristata and G. pulchella. Here's a link I found with more info in case you were interested: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/g...
I had the same flower in my garden...I think it is a variation in the species...they are beautiful.
Thanks for the ID misako.hill. I didn't think it was the same flower at my earlier spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/898... since this one's petals are trumpet and the center is a different color. I guess the flowers change a bit during maturity.
Spotted on Feb 15, 2012
Submitted on Feb 15, 2012
