Flower
Indian blanket, firewheel
AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
Triangular
Light brown with dark mottling
Smooth
PappusPappus:
Modified calyx in Asteraceae, composed of hairs, bristles, awns, or scales. The pappus-like structure attached to milkweed seeds is termed a coma.
units are broad scales at the base but terminate in a narrow bristle.
AchenesAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
are triangular in side view and composed of four or five connecting flat surfaces. Sometimes a longitudinal groove is found in the middle of the flat surfaces. Color is light brown, mottled with dark gray. Broad apicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
rim supports 4-6 pappusPappus:
Modified calyx in Asteraceae, composed of hairs, bristles, awns, or scales. The pappus-like structure attached to milkweed seeds is termed a coma.
units composed of broad scales that terminate in a single bristle. Scar is basalBasal:
The base of the fruit or seed opposite the apical end.
and pointed.
Not listed
Not included
Asteraceae
Gaillardia pulchella Foug.