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| habit in mid spring | head |
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| habit in early summer--the fruits are maturing on the individual heads | matured fruits--the pappuses of the fruits are visible here; the fruit itself is hidden |
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| one fruit, showing the persistent pappus attached above--this type of fruit is called an achene | on the sandy soils of the Llano uplift (Llano and Mason Counties, mainly), the ray corollas of G. pulchella are almost completely red, with only a slight hint of yellow around the edges--a field of red Gaillardia is quite dramatic! |