Gaillardia, or Blanket Flower, is a Florida native plant, and a wildflower.

I have a butterfly garden, and I planted this flower as a nectar plant. It bloomed in a variety of colors and looks great.

So far, the butterflies completely ignore it.

A few little bugs, like the bee above, do stop to enjoy a snack on the blanket flowers. At the top of the flower on the left, a tiny flower crab spider is waiting for a bug to visit so it can eat the bug.

When blanket flowers go to seed, they turn into a round scratchy ball. You can dig your fingernail into the ball to separate the seeds. Sprinkle them on the ground for the next batch of blanket flower.