Firewheel or Sundance
Common name : Indian blanket flower or sundance
Biological name : Gaillardia pulchella
Look like :
The pinwheel, daisy-like inflorescences are 4–6 cm in diameter.
colored with red, orange and yellow and is surrounded by 10 to 20 fleurons ligulate three lobes.
Uses:
1) Use Ornamental:
Wildflower meadow, 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.
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