Gaillardia pulchella

Basic information
Scientific name	Gaillardia pulchella	(No picture)
Common names	Rose-ring gaillardia, Fire-wheel, Indian blanket-flower, Rose-ring blanket-flower
Higher taxon	Asteraceae, Asterales, Magnoliopsida, Magnoliophyta
Natural range	North America (USA to Mexico)
Habitat	Sandy or calcareous soils, often disturbed places, mostly in grasslands or open places

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Hokkaido, Tokyo, and Kinki District to southwestern Japan.
Origin	Unknown.
Date	Unknown.
Route	Deliberate: As ornamental plant.
Impact	Unknown.
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	Taiwan, continental China, Hawaii, etc.

Reference	Notes
eFloras.org (Accessed on 2011-02-04) http://www.efloras.org/ HEAR (2007) Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW) (Accessed on 2011-02-04) http://www.hear.org/gcw/ Hokkaido (2010) Hokkaido Blue List (Accessed on 2011-02-04) http://bluelist.hokkaido-ies.go.jp/ (in Jpn) etc.