Indian Blanket

Gaillardia pulchella

native · Hill Countrysold locally

Indian Blanket is a shrub native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–2 ft tall and 2 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water, and handles clay soil. Flowers are yellow. Good for butterflies.

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The facts

7 sources

Type: Shrub
Sun: Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
Water: Medium
Height: 1–2 ft
Spread: 2 ft
Bloom: Yellow
Foliage: Deciduous or dies back in winter
Soil: Takes clay · recorded on calcareous, clay, dry, loam, sand, well drained
Deer: Moderate — deer may browse it, especially new growth
Wildlife: Supports butterflies

Where it grows

Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:

Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut PlainSan Antonio Prairie

7,988 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Sold at local nurseries. Confirmed in stock at a Central Texas grower in these sizes:

2.5 and 4 inch pots

From the growers we read so far — a short list, not the whole trade. Call ahead.

also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.