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Blanketflowers
Gaillardia
Gaillardia /ɡeɪˈlɑːrdiə/ (common name blanket flower) is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae, native to North and South America. It was named after an M. Gaillard de Charentonneau, an 18th-century French magistrate who was a patron of botany. The common name may refer to the resemblance of the inflorescence to the brightly patterned blankets made by Native Americans, or to the ability of wild taxa to blanket the ground with colonies. Many...
23 branches of this genus, most-observed first
firewheel
speciesGaillardia pulchella
great blanketflower
speciesGaillardia aristata
Lanceleaf blanketflower
speciesGaillardia aestivalis
red dome blanketflower
speciesGaillardia pinnatifida
perfumeballs
speciesGaillardia suavis
Maroon Blanketflower
speciesGaillardia amblyodon
Hybrid Blanketflower
hybridGaillardia × grandiflora
Gaillardia megapotamica
speciesGaillardia megapotamica
western blanketflower
speciesGaillardia spathulata
Gaillardia mexicana
speciesGaillardia mexicana
Gaillardia comosa
speciesGaillardia comosa
Gaillardia cabrerae
speciesGaillardia cabrerae
onion blanketflower
speciesGaillardia multiceps
bandana daisy
speciesGaillardia coahuilensis
Parry's Blanketflower
speciesGaillardia parryi
Yellow Blanketflower
speciesGaillardia flava
Gaillardia gypsophila
speciesGaillardia gypsophila
Arizona Blanketflower
speciesGaillardia arizonica
Gaillardia tontalensis
speciesGaillardia tontalensis
Gaillardia henricksonii
speciesGaillardia henricksonii
Gaillardia candelaria
speciesGaillardia candelaria
Gaillardia powellii
speciesGaillardia powellii
Gaillardia turneri
speciesGaillardia turneri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51769.