Firewheel or Indian blanket flower or sundance
Common name :
Firewheel or Indian blanket flower or sundance
Biological name : Gaillardia pulchella
The pinwheel, daisy-like inflorescences are 4–6 cm in diameter, vividly colored with red, orange and yellow and is surrounded by 10 to 20 fleurons ligulate three lobes.
Uses :
1) Use Ornamental: Weadow, Color, Long-blooming, Easily grown, Pocket prairie
2) Use Medicinal: Tea of root for gastroenteritis, chewed powdered root applied to skin disorders. Sore nipples of nursing mothers bathed in tea made from the plant, also used for sore eyes. Kiowa considered it good luck.